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Voice of the Fugitive
197828 min 55 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: René Bonnière
Production: Maxine SamuelsRoman Kroitor
Script: John Kent Harrison
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the CBC and ATEC Canada.
In the 1850s, Canada meant freedom for many escaped slaves, but the route known as the "underground railroad" was a dangerous one at the best of times. This drama tells the story of one group travelling the perilous route. It tells, too, of the people who could be trusted to help, and of the trackers and their dogs, who could cut off the lifeline to the border suddenly and very cruelly.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > African OriginsBlack CommunityHistorical Perspectives
- War, Conflict and Peace > Canadian-American Relations
- Foreign Countries > Historical PerspectivesUnited States
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Immigration and SettlementInternational Relations
Credits
- director
- René Bonnière
- producer
- Maxine Samuels
- executive producer
- Roman Kroitor
- screenplay
- John Kent Harrison
- camera
- Eugene Boyko
- sound
- Claude Delorme
- editing
- Barrie Howells
- sound editing
- John Knight
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- music
- Sayyd
- cast
- George Ashley
- Taborah Johnson
- Arleigh Peterson
- Dennis Picaud
- Chris Wiggins
- Jim Bearden
- Ruth Springford
- Dwayne McLean
- Tracey Connell
- Delroy Lindo
- Phyllis Marshall
- Amah Harris
- Jack Van Everra
- Ken James
Awards
- Second Prize - Category: Non-serialized DramaWorld Media Festival