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Hugh MacLennan : Portrait of a Writer
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):325456Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: VIDÉOAccession:1983-0079Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Release date:1982Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:director/producer/scenario, Robert Duncan; executive producer, Roger Kennedy; Barrie Howells; photography, Vic Sarin; sound, Bob Jones; editing, Janice Brown; sound editing, Bernie Bordeleau; Diane Normandeau; music, Chris CrillyCountry of production:cnDescription: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. <57mn 31s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:106C 0182 574Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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