{"id":9013,"date":"2014-03-20T17:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T21:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2014-03-20T17:51:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T21:51:57","slug":"amanda-dawn-christie-shares-footage-of-rci-towers-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/amanda-dawn-christie-shares-footage-of-rci-towers-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Dawn Christie shares footage of RCI towers falling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RCI-SpectresOfShortwave\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Documentary filmmaker, Amanda Dawn Christie, has been gathering footage to create Spectres of Shortwave<\/em>: a 90 minute documentary film focusing on the Radio Canada International Sackville transmitting site. Little did Christie know when she started shooting the film several years ago that the site would not only be be shut down but dismantled.<\/p>\n

Christie recently shared back-up footage of the towers falling. She describes her videos on Vimeo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“In the spirit of the founding principles of the CBC and public access to information, i am sharing the back up videos i shot this week of the RCI shortwave towers falling. I retain the copyright to these images, but i do want to share them with anyone who would like to watch them sooner rather than later (given that my film will still be a few month in post production before release). i would also like to thank the CBC for giving me permission to film, and all of the workers on site for being so cooperative and supportive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading and to watch Christie’s footage on Vimeo.<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s with a heavy heart that I watch these majestic towers fall. After all, I’ve been pretty vocal about how foolish I think Canada is for destroying Sackville<\/a>. Still, I’m glad someone is documenting it properly.\u00a0Click here to follow Spectres of Shortwave<\/em> on Facebook<\/a>, set to be released later this year (2014). I’ll certainly post updates about the film here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Documentary filmmaker, Amanda Dawn Christie, has been gathering footage to create Spectres of Shortwave: a 90 minute documentary film focusing on the Radio Canada International Sackville transmitting site. Little did Christie know when she started shooting the film several years ago that the site would not only be be shut down but dismantled. Christie recently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[508,56,960,3,43],"tags":[2674,1195,30,1197,1207,1841,1840],"class_list":["post-9013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-2","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-amanda-dawn-christie","tag-radio-canada-international-sackville-new-brunswick","tag-rci","tag-rci-sackville","tag-rci-sackville-closure","tag-rci-sackville-movie-documentary","tag-spectres-of-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2ln","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/spectres-of-shortwave-near-completion\/","url_meta":{"origin":9013,"position":0},"title":"Spectres of Shortwave: near completion","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares this CBC New Brunswick article about Amanda Dawn Christie's film, Spectres of Shortwave: (Source: CBC) Amanda Dawn Christie launching documentary about demise of RCI towers Documentary 'Spectres of Shortwave' to be finished in time for possible premiere at Toronto's Hot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SackvilleCurtainAntennas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SackvilleCurtainAntennas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25363,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/requiem-for-radio-amanda-dawn-christies-performance-piece-honoring-rci-sackville\/","url_meta":{"origin":9013,"position":1},"title":"Requiem For Radio: Amanda Dawn Christie’s performance piece honoring RCI Sackville","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: CBC News) Moncton artist bringing back sounds of former Sackville Radio-Canada towers A Moncton artist has brought back to life the sounds of the 13 CBC Radio-Canada International shortwave towers that once stood in Sackville, N.B. on the Tantramar Marsh. \"It's kind of like you're conjuring ghosts of radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Amanda-Dawn-Christie-Requiem-Radio-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12564,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/radio-canada-international-70th-anniversary-was-bittersweet-for-some\/","url_meta":{"origin":9013,"position":2},"title":"Radio Canada International 70th Anniversary was bittersweet for some","author":"Thomas","date":"March 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"RCI Action We recently noted that Radio Canada International (RCI) celebrated its 70th year anniversary. \u00a0While it was certainly an amazing milestone--dating back to WWII--it was a bittersweet celebration for some. 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