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Family: A Loving Look at CBC Radio

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1991 49 min
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Family offers a candid look at CBC Radio in action and the unique cast of characters who make up Canada's coast-to-coast radio family. The film brings home the enormous complexity of producing across six time zones, with the mandate to deliver quality programs, often live, throughout the country. Accomplished filmmaker Donald Brittain was able to capture critical moments of live radio in progress and documents the history and development of CBC Radio.

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Family offers a candid look at CBC Radio in action and the unique cast of characters who make up Canada's coast-to-coast radio family. The film brings home the enormous complexity of producing across six time zones, with the mandate to deliver quality programs, often live, throughout the country. Accomplished filmmaker Donald Brittain was able to capture critical moments of live radio in progress and documents the history and development of CBC Radio.

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  • director
    Donald Brittain
    Robert Duncan
  • producer
    Adam Symansky
  • executive producer
    Dennis Murphy
    Colin Neale
  • script
    Robert Duncan
  • narrator
    Robert Duncan
  • cinematography
    Kent Nason
    Barry Perles
  • sound
    Hans Oomes
    Jacques Drouin
  • editing
    Janice Brown
  • sound editing
    Les Halman
    Don Ayer
  • music
    Gary Sill

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