Grierson
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'.
- 6.5
- 1973
- Released
- 0h 58m
Michael Kane
Narrator (voice)
Lorne Greene
Self
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Joseph McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Indira Gandhi
Self
Margaret Grierson
SelfBosley Crowther
SelfPierre Juneau
Self
Lester B. Pearson
Self (archive footage)Released
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- #biographical documentary
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Born in Edinburgh, Jack Grierson grew into an activist on a Clydeside soapbox in his teens advocating improvements in the lives of the poverty stricken shipbuilders struggling to make ends meet in early 20th century Scotland. The Great War took him into the Royal Navy and thence to university where a degree in moral philosophy saw him move to Chicago. This was at a time when Capone and prohibition