Manufactured Landscapes

Jennifer Baichwal's superb documentary about the brilliant Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is certain to rank as one of the high points of this year's festival. Cinematographer Peter Mettler follows Burtynsky around China shooting the most massive industrial revolution in history. The audience gets a chance to step back and see how Burtynsky captures stunning images of endless factory floors, Shanghai's urban renewal project and the massive Three Gorges Dam. Burtynsky explains the epiphanies he has experienced, muses about the envrionment and the way we live, and explains why he decided not to take a didactic approach to his subject.