{"product_id":"the-unnatural-and-accidental-women-paperback","title":"The Unnatural and Accidental Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Clements\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unnatural and Accidental Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a surrealist dramatization of a thirty-year murder case involving many mysterious deaths in the \"Skid Row\" area of Vancouver. All the victims were found dead with a blood-alcohol reading far beyond safe levels, and all were last seen in the company of Gilbert Paul Jordan, who frequented the city's bars preying on primarily middle-aged Native women. The coroner's reports listed the cause of death of many of these women as \"unnatural and accidental.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarie Clements reconstructs the lives of these women as shaped by lost connections--to loved ones, to the land, to a way of life--lives of at times desperate, at times tender yearning for ties of communication, belonging and shelter gone dead. These are precariously vulnerable lives, so easily drawn to their end by the heat and light of a flame, lives that thirst for an end of searching in forgetfulness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Clements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie Clements is an award-winning Métis performer, playwright and director whose work has been presented on stages across Canada, the United States and Europe. She is the founder of urban ink productions, a Vancouver-based First Nations production company that creates, develops and produces Aboriginal and multi-cultural works of theatre, dance, music, film and video. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClements was invited to the prestigious Festival de Theatre des Ameriques in 2001 for \u003ci\u003eUrban Tattoo\u003c\/i\u003e and in 2002 for \u003ci\u003eBurning Vision\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002, she worked in the writing department of the television series \u003ci\u003eDa Vinci's Inquest\u003c\/i\u003e. A fellowship award from the BC Film Commission enabled her to develop the film adaptation of her stage play, \u003ci\u003eThe Unnatural and Accidental Women\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a regular contributor on CBC Radio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClements writes, or perhaps more accurately, composes, with an urbane, incisive and sophisticated intellect; her refined artistry is deeply rooted in the particulars of her place, time and history. The world premiere of \u003ci\u003eCopper Thunderbird\u003c\/i\u003e is the first time Canada's National Arts Centre has produced the work of a First Nations playwright on its main stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwards and Recognition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCanada-Japan Literary Award (2004) \u003ci\u003eBurning Vision\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGovernor General's Literary Award for Drama, Finalist (2003) \u003ci\u003eBurning Vision\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play, Nominee (2002) \u003ci\u003eBurning Vision\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElinore \u0026amp; Lou Siminovitch Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Theatre, Nominee (2002) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessie Richardson Awards, P.T.C. Award for Outstanding Original Play in Development (1998) \u003ci\u003eThe Unnatural and Accidental Women\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSundance Screenwriting Competition, Finalist (1998) \u003ci\u003eNow Look What You Made Me Do\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraxis Screenwriting Competition, Short-listed (1997) \u003ci\u003eNow Look What You Made Me Do\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessie Richardson Awards, Sydney Risk Award for Original Script by an Emerging Playwright (1993) \u003ci\u003eAge of Iron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.54 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772969287968,"sku":"9780889225213","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d841d9e3abb595763cfa76a2d6fd3d0.webp?v=1780417505","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-unnatural-and-accidental-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}