Runner
Directed by Don Owen · Starring W.H. Auden, Bruce Kidd · 1963
A lyrical portrait of 19-year-old Canadian distance runner Bruce Kidd, following him through training and into an international race, with poetic narration written and spoken by W.H. Auden.
A luminous NFB classic where gorgeous running footage meets W.H. Auden's poetry.
This captivating short documentary profiles the young Canadian long-distance runner Bruce Kidd at 19 years old. Kidd eventually went on to win a gold and bronze medal at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, and was a competing m
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