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Name: Grierson
Director: Roger Blais
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-09-13
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Michael Kane, John Grierson, Norman McLaren, Sydney Newman, Basil Wright

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About the film

Audience score

★ 7.3 /10

based on 3 votes

Synopsis

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term 'documentary film'.

Documentary

Cast

8 principal cast

Michael Kane

Narrator (voice)

John Grierson

Self (archive footage)

Norman McLaren

Self (archive footage)

Sydney Newman

Self

Basil Wright

Self

Lorne Greene

Self

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Roberto Rossellini

Self

Where to watch Grierson

Grierson (1973) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 58m documentary directed by Roger Blais is rated 7.3/10 by 3 viewers.