Spotlight on Film

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Spotlight on Film
Genrefilm information
Presented byHenning Jacobsen
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
ProducerRon Meraska
Running time15 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release5 October (1969-10-05) 
28 December 1969 (1969-12-28)

Spotlight on Film was a Canadian film informational television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.

Contents

Premise

This series provided an overview of the works of various filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Shirley Clarke, Roman Polanski, Alain Resnais, John Schlesinger, Jiri Trnka, Peter Weiss and Mai Zetterling.

Scheduling

This 15-minute series was broadcast Sundays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 5 October to 28 December 1969.

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