Film
China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story
57m · Documentary · War
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Overview
Tom Radford's documentary chronicles the life of Chester Ronning, best remembered for his close and longstanding relationship with China. Over the course of his life, Ronning worked as a cowboy, ambassador, college president, missionary and a member of the Alberta legislature. But throughout all of his careers, his lifelong ambition was to explain China to the western world. His story is a rare example of the meeting of East and West in a compassionate, remarkable man.
Cast
Crew
- Tom RadfordDirector
- Michael ScottProducer
- Lydia SemotukExecutive Producer
- Christopher TateEditor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
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