Movie Showman

29m
Documentary
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This short film portrays the NFB's itinerant projectionists during the '40s and early '50s who travelled throughout Canada, bringing films and discussions to rural communities. The film uses a mix of dramatic re-enactments with archival footage and interviews with veterans of the movie circuit to shed light on an important period in Canadian film history.

Cast

Gord Marriott
Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Harvey Spak
Director, Script
Peter Svab
Editor, Sound
James Jeffrey
Director of Photography
Graydon McCrea
Executive Producer
Jerry Krepakevich
Producer
Hans Peter Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roger Deegan
Music

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