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Vancouver, BC
Canada, V6B 2S2
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Videos

"The Journey" run time 8min
concept and performance by Ruby Truly
the egg – containing the gem of a new individual
the path – defining a way for people on foot
the journey – with respect for ceremony, the traveler crosses distance and destiny.

"…and the word was God" run time: 10 min

performed, produced, and directed by Ruby Truly
as far as I’m concerned, everything I see is a lie – I have to close my eyes to find the truth…A found poem.

"With Our Own Eyes" run time: 35min

produced, and directed by Ruby Truly
For the first time in 48 years Japanese Canadians return to British Columbia and the sites of their internment.

"Home Coming ’92 Overview" run time: 45min

produced, and directed by Ruby Truly
In 1992 the Japanese Canadians held a reunion and conference in Vancouver, BC in the old hotel that once barred them from its halls.

"Home Coming ’92 series of workshop tapes" run time: (2wkshops per2 hr. tape)

produced, and directed by Ruby Truly
tape 1: Intermarriage #1/ Intermarriage #2
tape 2: Exiled to Japan/Children of Two Cultures
tape 3: Before the Uprooting/Redress the Community in Process

"Making Fire " run time: 60 secs

performance, produced and directed by Ruby Truly
That which transforms things and fits them together is called change, that which stimulates them and sets them in motion is called continuity. That which raises them up and sets them forth before all people on earth is called the field of action. (from the Ta Chuan/The Great Treatise- The I Ching, Richard Wilhelm translation)

"La Pierre Qui Parle " run time: 5 min

digital art for live internet broadcast by Ruby Truly
webcast live and in real-time at the Troisieme Symposie Des Arts, Quebec

"The Boys From Easy " run time: 10 min

performed, produced and directed by Ruby Truly
A kind of healing or perhaps, finding a way to make peace with war.


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