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Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer (1983)
Directed by Robert A. Duncan
Documentary · 58m
A portrait of and tribute to the author who, with the publication of Barometer Rising in 1941, set a precedent in Canadian literature by writing about Canadian topics and places and, in so doing, paved the way for a thriving national literary movement. Through the use of still photographs, archival footage and interviews, this documentary traces seven decades of MacLennan's public and private life--as a young boy in Nova Scotia, brought up in a strict Presbyterian family of Scottish descent, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, as a professor at McGill University, and as the author of seven novels and numerous essays. Also featured in the film are several readings from MacLennan's work.
Cast
Robert A. Duncan
Crew
- Director
- Robert A. Duncan
- Writer
- Robert A. Duncan
- Director of Photography
- Vic Sarin
- Editor
- Janice Brown
- Producer
- Robert A. Duncan
Details
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB