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Robert Baldwin: A Matter of Principle
196131 min 53 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: John Howe
Production: Julian BiggsGuy Glover
Script: Charles Cohen
His heart was with the rebels, but his principles bound him to the cause of constitutional reform. Here, in a stirring reconstruction of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, you see Robert Baldwin, the reform leader who, in the midst of armed revolt, withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.
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- War, Conflict and Peace > Colonial War in North AmericaPortraitsRebellions of 1837
- Politics and Government - Canada > Colonial and Territorial GovernmentOntarioPortraitsResponsible Government Pre-1867
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > OntarioPolitics and GovernmentPortraitsWar and Conflict
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)Official Powers and Countervailing Powers (1608-present)Struggles in the British Colony (1791-1850)
- Civics/Citizenship > Federal/Provincial Government
Credits
- director
- John Howe
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- Charles Cohen
- photography
- Denis Gillson
- sound
- Leo O'Donnell
- editing
- Dennis Sawyer
- sound editing
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- re-recording
- George Croll
- music
- Robert Fleming
- cast
- Leo Ciceri
- Alfred Gallagher
- Ed McGibbon
- Alan Mills