Grierson (1973)
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'.
Director: Roger Blais
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Michael Kane as Narrator (voice) |
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John Grierson as Self (archive footage) |
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Norman McLaren as Self (archive footage) |
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Sydney Newman as Self |
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Basil Wright as Self |
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Lorne Greene as Self |
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Woodrow Wilson as Self (archive footage) |
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Roberto Rossellini as Self |
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Joseph McCarthy as Self (archive footage) |
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Joris Ivens as Self |
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Indira Gandhi as Self |
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Margaret Grierson as Self |
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Alberto Cavalcanti as Self |
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Bosley Crowther as Self |
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Pierre Juneau as Self |
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Lester B. Pearson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Roger Blais | Director |
| Editing | Les Halman | Editor |
| Editing | John Kramer | Editor |
| Editing | Annick de Bellefeuille | Editor |
| Sound | Colin Charles | Location Sound Mixer |
| Production | Roger Blais | Producer |
| Production | David Bairstow | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Raymond Dumas | Animation Director |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Joutel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bernard Bordeleau | Sound Editor |
| Sound | André Galbrand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bev Davidson | Sound |
| Sound | Gildas LeSausse | Sound |
| Sound | Ron Seltzer | Sound |
| Sound | Hans Oomes | Sound |
| Camera | Magí Torruella | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Eugene Boyko | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jacques Fogel | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michel Thomas-d'Hoste | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lewis McLeod | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Donald Brittain | Writer |
