Winter Brothers
Synopsis
Half-hour documentary based on the work of Northwest author Ivan Doig and his "brother" of yesteryear, Northwest pioneer James G. Swann. Broadcast November 24, 1982. Included in "Best of the Northwest Films" exhibition for Bumbershoot. Winner of the Critics Award for Cinematography at the 16th Annual Northwest Film and Video Seminar, 1983. Partial funding by Washington Commission for the Humanities.
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