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Movie Showman (1989)
Directed by Harvey Spak
Documentary · 29m
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
Crew
- Director
- Harvey Spak
- Director of Photography
- James Jeffrey
- Editor
- Peter Svab
- Producer
- Jerry Krepakevich
Details
- Release date
- 1989-01-01
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB