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Release Date:
September 13, 1973
Original Title:
Grierson
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 58
This feature film is 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."
Animation Director:
Raymond Dumas
Director:
Roger Blais
Director of Photography:
MagĂ Torruella
Lewis McLeod
Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
Eugene Boyko
Jacques Fogel
Editor:
Annick de Bellefeuille
John Kramer
Les Halman
Executive Producer:
David Bairstow
Location Sound Mixer:
Colin Charles
Producer:
Roger Blais
Sound:
Bev Davidson
Gildas LeSausse
Ron Seltzer
Hans Oomes
Sound Editor:
Bernard Bordeleau
André Galbrand
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jean-Pierre Joutel
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