Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer

Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer

1983
58m
8.0

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Documentary
Overview

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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Production Countries
Canada
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 1, 1983
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0223483

Cast

Hugh MacLennan
Hugh MacLennan

Himself

Robert A. Duncan
Robert A. Duncan

Narrator (voice)

Alan Maitland
Alan Maitland

Reader (voice)

Key Crew

Robert A. Duncan
Director
Robert A. Duncan
Writer
Robert A. Duncan
Producer
Barrie Howells
Executive Producer

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