Document (TV series)

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Document
GenreDocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
Production
Executive producers Patrick Watson
Douglas Leiterman
Richard Nielsen (1968-1969)
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original releaseSeptember 16, 1962 (1962-09-16) –
May 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

Document is a Canadian documentary television series that aired once a month on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969. This innovative series featured various documentaries, employing both direct cinema and traditional documentary techniques. [1] [2] The series, appearing on occasional random days and times, was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days.

Contents

The Toronto Telegram 's Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of September 16, 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party. [3]

Production

The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, whose intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season, Leiterman became executive producer on This Hour Has Seven Days and concentrated his work on that series; Watson became a host of Document at that time. [4] Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.

Episodes

No.Title  [1] ProducersOriginal air date
1"The Servant of All" Beryl Fox and Douglas Leiterman September 16, 1962 (1962-09-16)
Selecting a Prime Minister
2"Joshua, a Nigerian Portrait" Allan King March 6, 1963 (1963-03-06)
3"The Pull to the South"TBAMarch 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
Should Canada become "The 51st State"?
4"The Balance of Terror"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanJuly 28, 1963 (1963-07-28)
5"The Peacemakers"Allan KingNovember 26, 1963 (1963-11-26)
pacifism
6"The Quiet Takeover"Douglas LeitermanDecember 15, 1963 (1963-12-15)
computers
7"The Chief"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanMarch 25, 1964 (1964-03-25)
(rebroadcast January 31, 1965)
John Diefenbaker
8"Bjorn's Inferno"Allan KingApril 20, 1964 (1964-04-20)
poet Bjorn Halverson
9"The Image Makers"TBAMay 20, 1964 (1964-05-20)
American and Canadian public relations
10"The Single Woman and the Double Standard"Beryl FoxDecember 13, 1964 (1964-12-13)
11"Richard and Lillian: Two Portraits"TBADecember 27, 1964 (1964-12-27)
12"Strike: Man Against Computers" Larry Zolf March 28, 1965 (1965-03-28)
13"At the Moment of Impact"Jim CarneyNovember 7, 1965 (1965-11-07)
14"The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam"Beryl FoxDecember 5, 1965 (1965-12-05)
Vietnam War
15"Joan Baez"TBADecember 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
Joan Baez
16"A Sense of Captivity" Ross McLean January 23, 1966 (1966-01-23)
Canadian prison system
17"The Story of Sandy"TBAFebruary 27, 1966 (1966-02-27)
18"How to Go Out of Your Mind"TBAApril 24, 1966 (1966-04-24)
the Millbrook experiments involving LSD
19"No Balm in Gilead"TBASeptember 22, 1968 (1968-09-22)
20"Resurrection City"Robert Hoyt (director)November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17)
the Poor People's Campaign
21"Occupation"TBAFebruary 23, 1969 (1969-02-23)
22"Violence"James Shaw and John David HamiltonApril 13, 1969 (1969-04-13)
23"If I Don't Agree, Must I Go Away?" Peter Pearson May 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

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References

  1. 1 2 Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion . Toronto: Irwin Publishing. pp.  88–89. ISBN   0-7725-1505-0.
  2. ↑ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Document". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 . University of Toronto Press. p.  428. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.
  4. ↑ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 . University of Toronto Press. pp.  408–409. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.
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