News Release
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January 27, 2006
News DVD Series Immortalizes Idaho Silent
Filmmaker Nell Shipman
As part of �Idaho Film Day,� scheduled for Feb. 14 in Idaho�s Capitol
rotunda, the Idaho Film Collection at Boise State University will announce
production of �The Nell Shipman Collection,� a series of DVDs related to the
Idaho silent film writer, actress, director and producer.
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Top: Nell Shipman Middle: "Back to God's Country" Below: DVD Cover (Click to enlarge images.) |
First in the series of three DVDs is �A Girl from God�s
Country.� This initial release features Shipman�s 1919 international hit
�Back to God�s Country.� The film is color tinted to match the original,
with a score by British composer and musician Lindsay Cooper that
incorporates the film�s title song. �Back to God�s Country� is the earliest
surviving feature film shot (partially) in Canada and has been restored from
prints found in the United States and England.
DVD extras include �The History and Restoration of �Back to God's Country��
by Canadian film archivist D. J. Turner of Ottawa. Also included on the DVD
is the Canadian History Channel�s 45-minute award-winning documentary, �Ah
Gee, Forgetting Me � Nell Shipman,� written and directed by Patricia
Phillips of Great North Productions, Edmonton.
Paul Brand of Pretty Good Productions, Coeur d�Alene, Idaho, authored the
Idaho Film Collection DVD while Brand�s daughter, Krista, did the cover and
label design.
The Nell Shipman Collection, Volume 1, �A Girl from God�s Country,� will be
available in March from the Boise State University Bookstore and on
Amazon.com ($19.95 plus shipping and
handling). Volume 2, �The Short Films,� featuring Shipman�s Mohave Desert
chase-and-race automobile epic, �Something New,� will be available in summer
2006. Volume 3, �From Lionhead Lodge,� featuring Shipman�s magnum opus, �The
Grub-Stake,� and three other films also made at Priest Lake in north Idaho,
will be available fall 2006.
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Contact: Tom Trusky, Idaho Film Collection, (208) 426-1999,
ttrusky@boisesetate.edu
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208)
426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007