Overview:
A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term 'documentary film'.| Status: | Released (1973-09-13) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins total |
| Screen: | Donald Brittain |
| Productions: | ONF | NFB |
| Production Countries: | Canada |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 72659: Michael Kane - Narrator (voice)
- 1086468: John Grierson - Self (archive footage)
- 1065698: Norman McLaren - Self (archive footage)
- 57293: Sydney Newman - Self
- 1095442: Basil Wright - Self
- 40181: Lorne Greene - Self
- 1262093: Woodrow Wilson - Self (archive footage)
Crews
- 1352219: Roger Blais - Director - Directing
- 1727741: Les Halman - Editor - Editing
- 1782215: Annick de Bellefeuille - Editor - Editing
- 1198439: John Kramer - Editor - Editing
- 1648402: Colin Charles - Location Sound Mixer - Sound
- 1499548: André Galbrand - Sound Editor - Sound
- 1559000: Hans Oomes - Sound - Sound
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Born in Edinburgh, Jack Grierson grew into an activist on a Clydeside soapbox in his teens advocating improvements in the lives of the poverty stricken shipbuilders struggling to make ends meet in early 20th century Scotland. The Great War took him into the Royal Navy and thence to u ....
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