Issue 93 - Spring 2014
A special commemorative issue celebrating Peter Wintonick, filmmaker, former POV editor, and Canada’s “documentary ambassador” with words from his friends and colleagues.
Peter Wintonick and I never worked together on his films or mine. We just liked to hang out, do things together, talk about docs and discuss my newest rant about how the creative moving arts are at the bottom tier
Read MoreRemembering Peter Wintonick, Canada's documentary ambassador, with a personalized poem.
Read More"It took nothing more than a kitchen table chat over a bottle of scotch for us to decide to proceed together on the film that would become Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media," writes Achbar.
Read MorePeter Wintonick was interviewed at great length by Pepita Ferrari for her acclaimed 2008 National Film Board feature Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary.
Read MorePeter Wintonick was a one-off. He channelled his anger and frustration with the world’s injustices into media designed to motivate.
Read MoreI have mixed feelings about our film, pilgrIMAGE, young as I was when we made it and rather self-conscious about being on camera. But Pete was unfailingly proud of it.
Read More"It’s a film I couldn’t have made if it weren’t for Peter’s selfless desire to share the world with the world," Yung Chang writes of Peter Wintonick's impact on China Heavyweight.
Read MorePeter believed that documentary films could really change people’s minds—change the world and make it a better place. He was a good sparring partner.
Read MorePeter and I I have been to dozens of places around the world, but I’d never been with him in Montreal. He spent so much time on the road devoting his life to documentary.
Read MorePeter Wintonick lived many lives in his 60 years: filmmaker, father, lover, friend, mentor, writer, curator and editor. He embraced his calling—the creation and promotion of the documentary—with joy and absolute dedication.
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