Movies: Gordon Burwash
- 1957
Howard (1957)
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Howard Mitchell is a responsible young man who will soon be graduating from high school. He works at Resnick's Pharmacy to be able to earn enough money to put himself through college. But in part because of the life lessons he learns from Mr. Resnick...
- 1954
Dresden Story (1954)
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People are interviewed in Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordo...
- 1953
Farewell Oak Street (1953)
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This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they were forced to live in squalid, dingy flats and ramshackle dwellings on a crowded street in Regent Park...
- 1968
The Ernie Game (1968)
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This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for h...
- 1963
Portrait of the Artist (1963)
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Glimpses into the lives of three artists: Erhabor Amokpae of Lagos; Cid de Sosa Pinto of Sao Paulo; and Gord Smith of Montréal. Each artist provides his own commentary on how he lives, works, thinks and feels....
- 1948
Sins of the Fathers (1948)
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A dramatized story about a town where illegal activities are allowed to thrive, some of the politicians are dishonest, and a doctor and couple of colleagues try to help townspeople see that public health measures, especially those that might control ...
- 1967
The World of One in Five (1967)
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A fifth of Canadians live at the subsistence level. This is a look at that world, where the street is home, and where poor shelter, poor food, poor schools and poor health are the only certainties of life. Children, old people, the sick and the drift...
- 2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009)
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A documentary on the mysterious and influential pianist....
- 1969
The World Of Enrico Fermi (1969)
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A 1970 documentary film produced by Harvard Project Physics with a grant from the Ford Foundation...
- 1957
Joe and Roxy (1957)
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Joe and Roxy, at 15 and 16 respectively, face more than the average teenage problems. Roxy, a child of divorced parents, tries to keep her illusions about love and life alive despite her upbringing, while Joe unsuccessfully seeks guidance and directi...
- 1961
John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea (1961)
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The story of John A. MacDonald’s rise to power....
- 1955
Routine Flight (1955)
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A tour of Trans-Canada Airlines’ maintenance shops in Winnipeg before taking off for a trial flight on the British-built Vickers Viscount airplane, the first propeller-turbine airliner....