My Winnipeg is an ode to the director's hometown; it's Guy Maddin's surrealistic, indie documentary about the little town in Canada that made him who he is. Winnepeg has always been a sleepy town, a place in which children grow up swearing that they will move away. Yet Maddin is still there. His family still lives in the same apartment above their hair salon business. Maddin's mother (Ann Savage) celebrates her 65th wedding anniversary, though her husband has been dead for many years. It's this moment of bittersweet nostalgia that gives Maddin a bird's-eye view of his hometown's history. He revisits the general strike of 1919, the felling of an important elm tree in 1957, and the construction of the local hockey rink in place of an MORE [EDIT]
Duration: 1:20:00
Source: Amazon Instant Video
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