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Sep 19, 2011 · Drama. The political manoeuvrings in the ten or so years in the legislature of the Province of Canada, comprised of the former Upper Canada and Lower Canada, leading up to the confederation of British North American colonies into one country called Canada in 1867, are presented.
John A.: Birth of a Country is a Canadian television film, which aired on CBC Television in 2011. Dramatizing the events that led up to Canadian Confederation in 1867 based on Richard Gwyn's non-fiction book John A.: The Man Who Made Us, the film stars Shawn Doyle as Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada.
A riveting political thriller starring Shawn Doyle (John A. Macdonald), Peter Outerbridge (George Brown) and David LaHaye (George-Etienne Cartier) and set during the struggles that take Canada ...
John A. Birth Of A Country is the political exposing the passionate struggle between John A. MacDonald, the charismatic leader of the Conservative Party and his opponent, the fiercely determined George Brown, leader of what would become the Liberal Party and founder of Toronto's Globe Newspaper.
In 1949 the NFB celebrates 10 years of making movies. CBC Live: CSA Nominations The inaugural Canadian Screen Award nominations and the unveiling of the new CSA statue were presented in Toronto...
Synopsis. A riveting political thriller starring Shawn Doyle (John A. Macdonald), Peter Outerbridge (George Brown) and David LaHaye (George-Etienne Cartier) and set during the struggles that take Canada from colony to country.
The film explores the early career of Canada's first prime minister - Sir John A. Macdonald (played by Shawn Doyle) - in the years before the Dominion of Canada existed, and traces the development of sentiment in favour of a confederation of all British North American colonies within the United Province of Canada (what would, after ...
