Laughter in My Soul
This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.
This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.
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réalisateurHalya Kuchmij
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producteurWolf KoenigHalya Kuchmij
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producteur exécutifRobert VerrallRoman Kroitor
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caméraAllan Kroeker
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sonLeon JohnsonBarry Lank
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montageWolf KoenigRosemarie Shapley
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montage sonoreAndré Galbrand
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animationRobert Doucet
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narrateurJohn Colicos
Laughter in My Soul, Halya Kuchmij, offert par l' Office national du film du Canada