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Person
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Wheeler, Dennis
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Dates of existence
1948-1977
History
Dennis Wheeler, writer and filmmaker, was born in Vancouver in 1948. He studied art history and English at the University of British Columbia and became an integral part of the Vancouver art community during the late 1960s. His writing and criticism was published in artscanada, Grape, and The Georgia Straight. In 1975 he directed the film Potlatch: A Strict Law Bids Us Dance for the U’mista Cultural Centre. In 1976 he collaborated with Nancy Holt on the video Revolve. Wheeler died of leukemia in 1977.
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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Writer; filmmaker
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VAG
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created June 2009