Type: Portrait
Date: January 2010
Length: 11 minutes, 0 seconds
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Languages: English
Shooting format: HD
Sound format: Dialogue, Voice-Over
Synopsis
Objects found by children in an attic tell the story of the father of Canadian theatre, John Hirsch. A ten year-old boy watching his friends and babysitter play video games and unearth Hirsch’s belongings listens to Hirsch’s deathbed interview on an old reel-to-reel player.
As a teenaged World War II orphan, Hirsch came to Winnipeg from Europe, his only possession a suitcase puppet show. He became an agitator for culture on the Canadian prairies, co-founding the Manitoba Theatre Centre and going to direct on New York's Lincoln Center stage. He died in Toronto in 1989 at age 59 from complications due to AIDS.
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Screening Formats
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| DVD |
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16:9 Anamorphic |
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Screenings
| Date |
Event |
| May 17, 2012 |
Montreal Underground Film Festival 2012 |
| October 2, 2011 |
Flin Flon Culture Days |
| July 20, 2011 |
Gimli Film Festival 2011 |
| October 13, 2010 |
Gimme Some Truth 2010 |
| October 1, 2010 |
WNDX 2010 |
Tags
John Hirsch, Manitoba, Manitoba Theatre Centre, theatre, Winnipeg
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