Hugh MacLennan: Portrait of a Writer

A portrait of and tribute to the author who, with the publication of Barometer Rising in 1941, set a precedent in Canadian literature by writing about Canadian topics and places and, in so doing, paved the way for a thriving national literary movement. Through the use of still photographs, archival footage and interviews, this documentary traces seven decades of MacLennan's public and private life--as a young boy in Nova Scotia, brought up in a strict Presbyterian family of Scottish descent, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, as a professor at McGill University, and as the author of seven novels and numerous essays. Also featured in the film are several readings from MacLennan's work.

Hugh MacLennan

Himself

Robert A. Duncan

Narrator (voice)

Alan Maitland

Reader (voice)

• Robert A. DuncanDirector · Writer · Producer
• Barrie HowellsExecutive Producer
• Vic SarinDirector of Photography
• Janice BrownEditor

Release date

January 1, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

58m

Genres

Documentary