Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir | Mr Peanut for Mayor
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Western Front Gallery 303 East 8 Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1S1
Greg Bartels, Andrew Muir, "Vincent Trasov as Mr. Peanut during the mayoral campaign," 1974.
Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Morris/Trasov Archive. Photo by Michael Morris.
On the night of Vancouver’s mayoral election, Western Front is pleased to premiere Peanut for Mayor, a 30 minute documentary by Andrew Muir and Greg Bartels that uncovers the larger-than-life true story of the Mr. Peanut Campaign, told by the people who were behind it.
The screening of the film will be followed by an Q&A with the filmmakers.