Grierson
Grierson

Grierson

6.5

0 hr 58 min

1973-09-13

2

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

Trailers

Characters

Michael Kane

Michael Kane

Narrator (voice)

John Grierson

John Grierson

Self (archive footage)

Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Self (archive footage)

Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman

Self

Basil Wright

Basil Wright

Self

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Self

Similar Movies

Der vergessene Spion - Verkürzte ein Verrat den Zweiten Weltkrieg?

2025-05-06

Liberation Diaries

2025-05-06

I Am Steve McQueen

2014-06-24

SIMON! The Joy of Conducting

2025-05-16

Belmondo, le magnifique

2017-09-03

Portrait of A Dancer

Little Girl

2020-09-25

Glenn Close, l'art de la transformation

2025-04-06

Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984

2017-04-16

Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi

2020-07-13

How We Elect Our Representatives (Second Edition)

1963-01-01

The Patent Scam

2017-08-15

Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

2012-03-20

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

2025-04-17

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004-06-25

Spielberg

2017-10-05

Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story

2017-05-09

Googoosh: Made of Fire

2024-10-10

Namrata

2009-01-01

L’enfer de Matignon

2008-10-23