Springhill (film)
| Springhill | |
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| Directed by | Ron Kelly |
| Screenplay by | Ron Kelly |
| Starring | Paul Bradley Sean Sullivan Ed McNamara |
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| Country | Canada |
Springhill is a Canadian dramatic television film, directed by Ron Kelly and broadcast in 1972.[1] The film is a dramatization of the 1958 Springhill mine disaster,[2] with a cast including Paul Bradley, Sean Sullivan, Ed McNamara, Leo Phillips and Mel Tuck. It was broadcast by CBC Television on March 22, 1972
Reception
The film faced some controversy, with survivors of the disaster expressing their opposition to having their experiences dramatized for television.[3]
The film won two awards at the 24th Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actor, Non-Feature (Sullivan) and Best Art Direction (Harold Maxwell),[4] and Kelly received an ACTRA Award nomination for Best Dramatic Writer at the 2nd ACTRA Awards.[5]
References
- ^ Roy Shields, "A cruel honesty displayed in painful TV drama". The Province, March 21, 1972.
- ^ Sheila McCook, "Springhill — compact yet complete". Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 1972.
- ^ Joan Irwin, "Documentary disaster". Montreal Star, April 22, 1972.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 97-100.
- ^ Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
External links
- Springhill at IMDb