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Home for Christmas

1978

"Here is the quintessential Hancox 'personal documentary,' a film in which both the production and role of traditional documentary and autobiographical filmmaking are thrown into question. Using his camera to record a visit out east by train to spend Christmas with the family, Hancox .... used his familiarization with the annual ritual as a form of a script... Although we see the journey through the subjective judgment of Hancox’s eyes, it is his intent to transfer the material from original event to camera, to editing, and finally to the audience, so that the personal content of the film... becomes universal.” Michael Wade, Ontario Film Studies, Cinema Parallel “It is the honesty of portrayal which is staggering, for instead of an idyllic image which many filmmakers present of themselves, Hancox presents (and thus, sees) himself without cinematic make-up... with ‘wild sync’ sound (reminiscent of an early film), and with the use of only available natural light.” Richard Stanford

Cast & Crew

AHAH
Amanda Hancox

as sister, from Toronto

SDSD
Scot Denton

as Amanda's husband

RHRH
Rick Hancox

as filmmaker

MHMH
Mary Hancox

as Mom, P.E.I.

BHBH
Bill Hancox

as Dad, P.E.I.

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
1/1/1978
Runtime
0 hours, 46 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
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Revenue
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ROI: N/A
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
Canada (CA)
Spoken Languages
No spoken languages available
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