"The Rankin Family - Backstage Pass"
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1. As I Roved Out
2. Leis An Lurgain
3. Fiddle Tunes
4. Eyes of Margaret
5. You Feel The Same Way Too
6. Sir James Baird
7. The River
8. Your Boat's Lost At Sea
9. Rise Again
10. Forty Days and Nights
11. North Country
12. Fare Thee Well Love
13. Mull River Shuffle

"Celtic Tides - Traditional Music in a New Age"

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DVD Info:
Studio: Putumayo
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
DVD Release Date: September 29, 1998
Production Company: Putumayo
Package Type: Snap Case
Aspect Ratio(s):
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Discographic Information:
DVD Encoding: Region All Regions
Layers: Single
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color
• Web Access
• Music Videos
• Interviews
• ASIN: B00000DG69

"The Hanging Garden"

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This spellbinding Canadian film by Thom Fitzgerald ably mixes a captivating sense of magical realism with the often hard, troubling reality of its characters. Sweet William hasn't been home in 10 years and he's changed so much that his family, at first, doesn't recognize him. When he tries on the tuxedo his mother rented for him for his sister's wedding, it no longer fits. But then, Sweet William is thin now. Not like when used to weigh 300 pounds, which is just one of reasons he hasn't been home in a decade. His emotionally crippling father poured all of his efforts into his garden and named his kids after flowers, perhaps in some half-hearted attempt to get as close to them as he is to his plants. William is openly gay now, and his sister is marrying the first man he had a sexual experience with. The Hanging Garden is a movie with powerful themes and striking imagery, particularly that of a teenaged William's hanged ghost appearing in the waking world, but it also has a lighter, giddily humorous side. If you're looking for a Canadian film that packs a powerful emotional wallop, features great performances and beautiful cinematography, then you'll want to check out this movie.

From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Hanging Garden, The: Strikingly original, multi-layered psychological drama about Sweet William, the product of a dysfunctional family, who returns home after a ten-year absence to attend his sister's wedding. The film moves in and out of reality, and between present and past; a telling exploration of the complexities and emotional truths of family relationships.
Copyright© Leonard Maltin, 1998, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc

"Margaret's Museum"

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This darkly witty and disturbing film is an exploration of the life of a coal-miner’s family in 1940s Nova Scotia. Margaret (Helen Bonham-Carter) is a feisty, strong-willed young woman constantly assaulted by the harsh lifestyle of the mining town. Her embittered mother (Kate Nelligan) has buried a husband and a son and Margaret herself finds the prospect of romance irksome. But she falls in love with a free-spirited fellow (Clive Russell) who shuns the thought of labouring his life away in the mines. Financial hardships force him to reconsider and he takes his life in his hands to put food on the table. Margaret’s Museum is a multiple Genie award-winning film featuring superb performances.

"Over Canada, An Aerial Adventure"

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Over Canada is an awe-inspiring aerial adventure that whisks you over spectacular mountaintops, valleys, plains and forests across this land we call Canada. The outstanding soundtrack includes Canadian music by artists such as Bruce Cockburn, the Rankins, Loreena McKennit, Barachois and more.

"Rita MacNeil's Celtic Celebration"

Although this video doesn't feature the Rankins, it was filmed in Cape Breton at the Glace Bay Theatre during the 1998 Celtic Colours Festival and features many east coast musicians.  These include Rita MacNeil, The Chieftains, Leahy, Mary Jane Lamond, Wendy MacIsaac and Ashley MacIsaac.

The video contains extended and additional numbers that weren't featured on the television broadcast.

"A Sigh and a Wish - The Helen Creighton Story"

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A Sigh and a Wish tells the story of pioneer folklorist Helen Creighton and of the enduring appeal of her remarkable collections of song and story. Creighton helped define Maritime culture as we know it. Thanks to her, folk songs moved out of the kitchens and the fishing boats into the mainstream. Top contemporary Maritime musicians--talents like Raylene Rankin, Mary Jane Lamond and Lennie Gallant--describe how deeply they have been influenced by Creighton.

For 60 years, Creighton sought out ghost stories, superstitions and tales of buried treasure, as well as timeless songs handed down from generation to generation: fishing songs, work songs, love songs. "Farewell to Nova Scotia," which closed out CBC-TV's Sing Along Jubilee, is perhaps the most famous.

A Sigh and a Wish is a moving tribute to the genius of a self-taught folklorist and to the continuing strength of the deep oral traditions she helped preserve. But it also raises important questions. Does Creighton's collection truly reflect Maritime culture, or is it tinged by her own upper-middle-class assumptions?