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Shipbuilder (1985)
Directed by Stephen Surjik
“What would drive a man to spend 10 years of his life building a ship in the middle of the prairie 17 miles (27 km) from the nearest body of water?”
Documentary · 6m
This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Stephen Surjik
- Writer
- Ken Mitchell
- Editor
- Norman Sawchyn
- Producer
- Charles Konowal
Details
- Release date
- 1985-01-01
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB