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HIRSCH

Genre

Documentary, Narrative-Fiction

Directed By

Noam Gonick

Date: Jan 2010
Length: 00:11:00
Process: Colour
Country: Canada
Language: 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.

Tags

John Hirsch, Manitoba, Manitoba Theatre Centre, theatre, Winnipeg

Credits

Director
Noam Gonick
Producer
Noam Gonick
Cinematographer
Brian Rougeau
Editor
Bruce Little
Sound Design
Bruce Little, Jeff Gillman
Sound
Bruce Little
Production Design
Gordon Wilding
Cast
Louis Negin, Ruth DeGraves, Josh Ruth, Lily Snowe-Potash, Lev Snowe-Potash, Noel Robertson-Sampson, Charlene van Buekenhout, Blane Cypurda

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