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A Passage from Burnt Islands (1992)
Directed by Alan Handel
Documentary · 48m
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.
Cast
Gordon Pinsent
Crew
- Director
- Alan Handel
- Producer
- Sally Bochner, Alan Handel
Details
- Release date
- 1992-03-01
- Runtime
- 48m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB