Grierson

7.3 1973 58 min
Documentary

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 him…

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Director
Roger Blais
Writer
Donald Brittain

Cast

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Michael Kane Narrator (voice)
John Grierson Self (archive footage)
Norman McLaren Self (archive footage)
Sydney Newman Self
Basil Wright Self
Lorne Greene Self
Woodrow Wilson Self (archive footage)
Roberto Rossellini Self
Joseph McCarthy Self (archive footage)
Joris Ivens Self
Indira Gandhi Self
Margaret Grierson Self
Alberto Cavalcanti Self
Bosley Crowther Self
Pierre Juneau Self
Lester B. Pearson Self (archive footage)

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