Frederick Kroetsch: Wop May: The Untold Story (2020 Digital Heritage Experiences Grant Amount: $10,000)

This project from Frederick Kroetsch will complete the post-production phase of Wop May: The Untold Story – a documentary about celebrated Edmonton pilot Wilfred “Wop” May. This twenty-minute mixed-media, creative documentary film tells the life story of one of Edmonton and Canada’s pioneering aviators through interviews with experts, comic book images, dramatic recreation vignettes (on traditional film), and archival material, including photographs and rare audio recordings of Wop May himself.

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