Robert A. Duncan
Directing
Biography
Robert A. Duncan, a writer and director, has worked on notable films such as John McCrae's War: In Flanders Fields, Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio, The Road to Patriation, 64000000 Years Ago, W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding, and Margaret Laurence.
Known For
Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
She was her generation’s Madonna and Bob Dylan rolled into one—and yet, by the 1970s, major poetry anthologies no longer mentioned Edna St. Vincent Millay. She had become a lost poet, her literary status mirroring her untimely death. This program documents the brief yet bright “candle” of Millay’s artistic development, from her early years in Maine to her achievements in the literary world of New York, while exploring her celebrity, sexuality, and personal relationships. Among the many eye-opening locations featured in the film is the house in which Millay spent her final years; its contents have remained untouched since the poet’s death and provide a catalyst for the study of her troubled, exuberant life. Never-before-seen archival images and interviews with Millay scholars also enrich the narrative.
First Wave
Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.
Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio
Family offers a candid look at CBC Radio in action and the unique cast of characters who make up Canada's coast-to-coast radio family. The film brings home the enormous complexity of producing across six time zones, with the mandate to deliver quality programs, often live, throughout the country. Accomplished filmmaker Donald Brittain was able to capture critical moments of live radio in progress and documents the history and development of CBC Radio.
Canada Vignettes: McIntosh
A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.
Filmography
as Morgan
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)