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Courtship
196158 min 39 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Allan Wargon
Production: Julian BiggsGordon BurwashGuy Glover
Script: Allan Wargon
An entertaining look at courting customs around the world. Photographed in Sicily, India, Iran and Canada, the film contrasts the arranged marriages of Eastern cultures with the free choice of marriage partners in our Western culture. Frank Jones and Danika D'Hondt are interviewed by Gordon Burwash.
Availability
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Subject categories
- Families > CouplesFamilies in Foreign CountriesMarriage
- Developing Countries > Family LifeIndia, Nepal and PakistanMiddle EastReligion
Credits
- director
- Allan Wargon
- script
- Allan Wargon
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- Gordon Burwash
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- camera
- John Gunn
- sound
- Marcel Carrière
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer
- sound editing
- Marguerite Payette
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- host
- Gordon Burwash
Awards
- Honourable MentionOhio State Radio and TV Awards