8 minutes of pure muscle poetry that'll make you feel lazy.
A close-up view of crew racing from the seat that counts the most--the place of the man at the oars. Filmed at St. Catharines, Ontario, on the occasion of a North American rowing competition, this film follows a University of British Columbia team through practice, trials and competition, and to the telling race when well-schooled movement, hard rhythm and finely tuned muscles sweep the light shells ever faster down the course to the finish line.
Cinematography
Impossibly intimate oar-level shots—water never looked this violent.
Editing
Rhythm cuts that sync your heartbeat to the stroke rate.
Director
Martin Duckworth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Martin Duckworth shot this between anti-war docs; the tension between collective action here and his protest films is delicious.
St. Catharines was the 'Venice of Canada' for rowing in 1970—this captures the sport before erg machines killed its soul.
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