Editing Bruce Cockburn (section)

==Documentaries and soundtracks==
Cockburn wrote and performed the theme song for the children's television series ''[[Franklin (TV series)|Franklin]]''. He composed and performed, with [[Hugh Marsh]], the music for the [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary feature ''[[Waterwalker]]'' (1984), directed by [[Bill Mason]].  He also composed two songs for the classic English-Canadian film ''[[Goin' Down the Road]]'' (1970), directed by [[Donald Shebib]].

In 1998 Cockburn travelled with filmmaker Robert Lang to [[Mali]], [[West Africa]], where he jammed with [[Grammy Award]]-winning blues musician [[Ali Farka Toure]] and [[Kora (instrument)|kora]] master [[Toumani Diabate]]. The month-long journey was documented in the film ''River of Sand'', which won the ''Regard Canadien'' award for best documentary at the Vues d'Afrique Film Festival in [[Montreal]]. It was also invited for competition at the International Festival of Environmental Films in Paris.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://kensingtontv.com/go/riverofsand/indextop.html| website= kensingtontv.com| title= River of Sand| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130830185500/http://kensingtontv.com/go/riverofsand/indextop.html |archive-date= August 30, 2013}}</ref>

In 2007 Cockburn's music was featured in the [[Ecstasy (2007 film)|movie adaptation]] of [[Irvine Welsh]]'s best-selling novel ''[[Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance]]''.

A documentary film, ''Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visiontv.ca/bruce-cockburn-pacing-the-cage/ |title=Bruce Cockburn Pacing the Cage |publisher= Vision TV Channel Canada |website= visiontv.ca |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref> was released in 2013 on television and a brief theatrical showing; directed by Joel Goldberg, gave a rare look into Cockburn's music, life and politics.

In 2018, Cockburn contributed the song "3 Al Purdys" to the compilation album ''[[The Al Purdy Songbook]]''.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/al-purdy-songbook/ "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203084800/https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/al-purdy-songbook/ |date=February 3, 2019 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', January 22, 2019.</ref>