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The Baymen

Baymen, no matter where they go, remain above all else Newfoundlanders. They were born to the sea, to a place in the life of their cliffside village, but many of the younger generation are now looking to the city for their future. The film, produced in 1965, follows a bayman's family to St. John's, showing what such a change means to father, daughter and grandfather.
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Baymen, no matter where they go, remain above all else Newfoundlanders. They were born to the sea, to a place in the life of their cliffside village, but many of the younger generation are now looking to the city for their future. The film, produced in 1965, follows a bayman's family to St. John's, showing what such a change means to father, daughter and grandfather.

Economics Families Social Issues All subjects
  • director
    Rex Tasker
  • script
    Rex Tasker
  • producer
    Roman Kroitor
    Peter Jones
  • camera
    Hector Lemieux
  • sound
    Barry Ferguson
  • editing
    Rex Tasker
  • sound editing
    Victor Merrill
  • re-recording
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux
  • music
    Robert Fleming
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