Trains of Winnipeg is a film and multimedia art project by Clive Holden

Clive Holden

Clive Holden is a Canadian multimedia artist and poet from Victoria, British Columbia, he is currently living in Toronto with his wife, writer Alissa York....

, released in stages between 2001 and 2004. The final project included a series of 14 short films, designed as visual representations of Holden's poetry, as well as a soundtrack CD and a book.

The short films were scored by Emily Goodden, Christine Fellows

Christine Fellows

Christine Fellows is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.-History:Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal before settling in Winnipeg in 1992.In 1993, she formed her first group,...

, Jason Tait

Jason Tait

Jason Tait is a Canadian musician. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans, and has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. He also played drums for the Painted Thin album Small Acts of Love and Rebellion, released in 1995...

 and Steve Bates; additional contributors on the CD included John K. Samson

John K. Samson

John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...

 and Leanne Zacharias, as well as an archival recording of Al Purdy

Al Purdy

Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC, O.Ont was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence...

.

The film series won the New Vision Award at the 2005 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival.

Films

1. "Trains of Winnipeg"
2. "18000 Dead In Gordon Head
   18000 Dead In Gordon Head
   18,000 Dead In Gordon Head is a 13 minute, short film by Canadian film-maker Clive Holden, based on an actual murder he witnessed while visiting his hometown in Victoria, British Columbia.The film was part of Holden's Trains of Winnipeg series....
   
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3. "Love in the White City"
4. "F-Movie"
5. "Burning Down the Suburbs"
6. "Nanaimo Station"
7. "The Jew & the Irishman"
8. "Saigon Apartments"
9. "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
10. "Condo"
11. "Neighbours Walk Softly"
12. "Unbreakable Bones"
13. "Active Pass"
14. "Hitler! (revisited)"

Album

1. "Trains of Winnipeg"
2. "Grain Train"
3. "18,000 Dead in Gordon Head"
4. "Death at Neepawa"
5. "Neighbours Walk Softly"
6. "Nanaimo Station"
7. "Condo"
8. "Bus North to Thompson with Les at the Wheel"
9. "Wind"
10. "Transcona"
11. "Babette"
12. "Nanoose"
13. "Necropsy of Al Purdy"
14. "Transience"
15. "Unbreakable Bones"