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Secret Nation
19921 h 48 min 55 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Michael Jones
Production: Paul PopeMike MahoneyDon Haig
Script: Edward Riche
Produced by Black Spot Inc. with the participation of Telefilm Canada; Enterprise Newfoundland and Labrador; the NFB, English Program, Atlantic Centre; and the Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-operative.
Home in St. John's, after too many years in Montreal, history student Frieda Vokey involuntarily slips deep into the maze of mystery and intrigue that surrounds the joining of Newfoundland to Canada in 1949. Her father, Lester, part of the Great Debate then, is strangely uncommunicative with Frieda. Finding the truth becomes a quest which involves a daring late-night archival break-in which is perhaps itself a metaphor for Frieda's entrance into the labyrinth of her own psyche. Scary stuff, but Frieda's mother, Oona, is always there helping to ensure that the truth will out.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - 1946-Present > Atlantic Region
- Politics and Government - Canada > Atlantic RegionProvincial Politics and Government
Credits
- director
- Michael Jones
- producer
- Paul Pope
- Mike Mahoney
- executive producer
- Don Haig
- script
- Edward Riche
- cinematography
- Michael Jones
- Nigel Markham
- sound
- Jim Rillie
- Alex Salter
- line producer
- Jennice Ripley
- editing
- Derek Norman
- Michael Jones
- sound editing
- Eric Emery
- Kimberlee McTaggart
- Dominique Gousset
- music
- Paul Steffler
- Ron Hynes
- cast
- Cathy Jones
- Mary Walsh
- Michael Wade
- Rick Mercer
- Ron Hynes
- Geza Kovacs
- Kay Anonsen
- Ken Campbell
- Mary Vavasour
- Kevin Noble
- Richard Cashin
- Charlie Tomlinson
- John White
- Bertrand Langlois
- Andy Jones
- Bryan Hennessey
- Mary Lewis