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Dief! (1981)
Directed by William Canning
Documentary · 27m
This documentary short is a portrait of Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and 13th prime minister of Canada, John George Diefenbaker (1895-1979). Diefenbaker's political career spanned 6 decades. When he died in 1979, his state funeral and final train trip west became more a celebration of life than a victory for death.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- William Canning
- Director of Photography
- Barry Perles, Savas Kalogeras, Andreas Poulsson, David De Volpi
- Editor
- Stephan Steinhouse
- Producer
- Barrie Howells, William Canning, Mark Zannis
Details
- Release date
- 1981-01-01
- Runtime
- 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB
John Diefenbaker
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Brian Mulroney