The Perfect Hero

199951 min 58 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Barbara Doran

Production: Kent MartinSally Bochner

Script: Barbara Doran

Produced by the NFB in association with CTV.

Meet the writers, readers, publishers and the male models who pose for the book covers. They all come together at a conference on board a cruise ship. Experience an insider's look at the business of romance fiction through the eyes of the huge Harlequin empire.

If you read romance, you'll delight in this celebration of the books you love. And if you're intrigued by romance, you'll get a fun--and sometimes surprising--look at who writes these books, who reads them, and why. Features exclusive interviews with New York Times bestselling authors Heather Graham (aka Shannon Drake) and Virginia Henley, as well as the grande dame of romance herself, Barbara Cartland.

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Subject categories


  • Women > Arts, Crafts and Performance
  • Media and Communication > Print Media and Publishing
  • Literature and Language > World Literature

Credits


director
Barbara Doran
script
Barbara Doran
producer
Kent Martin
executive producer
Sally Bochner
cinematography
Kent Nason
Nigel Markham
sound
Alex Salter
John Martin
editing
Angela Baker
sound editing
Don Ayer
voice
John Dunsworth
Gay Hauser
Ray O'Neil
re-recording
Jean Paul Vialard

Awards


  • Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Humanities International Film and Video Festival