Joe Sleep 1977

Joe Sleep

HD 0 27 minutes
Filmed 2 years before his death, this documentary portrays New Brunswick folk artist Joseph Sleep (1913-1978) in his later life. He was born at sea and worked with and around boats, fish, carnivals, and animals most of his life. While convalescing during an extended period in the Halifax infirmary in 1973, he was encouraged to paint. What began is therapy and a pastime developed into a way of representing a lifetime of images and experience
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-01-01
Director: Herald Pearse
Stars: Joseph Sleep

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