TELEVISION
A Red Carpet for The Sun:
The Life of Irving Layton
- 42 min., 52 min., 2003
Irving Layton, poet, provocateur and iconoclast will be 92 years old in the year 2004. Since the 1940s, when he first burst upon the Canadian literary scene, he has been a prominent, controversial figure and the publication of his book A Red Carpet for the Sun in 1959 remains an important landmark in our literary history. Bit by bit, through the judicious use of archival material, photographs, digital video and film, the testimony of old friends and former ...
- Broadcasters: CBC Life & Times, Knowledge Network, SCN
- Funding: Telefilm Canada, Canadian Television Fund, Quebec Tax Credits, Canadian Tax Credits