Welcome to Canada

Smith, John N., (film director.). Grana, Sam, (film producer.). Neale, Colin, (film producer.). Pope, Paul, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: A feature drama based on an actual incident in 1986, Welcome to Canada chronicles the illegal landing of a boatload of Southeast Asians on Canada's east coast. Rescued from certain death at sea by a group of fishermen, the eight Sri Lankan Tamils find temporary sanctuary in an isolated outport in Newfoundland. In this warm portrayal of an unusual encounter between two cultures worlds apart, director John N. Smith humanizes the immigration statistics.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (86 min., 37 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2012.
Copyright: ©1989

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, John N. Smith ; producer, Sam Grana ; executive producer, Colin Neale ; associate producer, Paul Pope ; script, Sam Grana, John N. Smith ; photography, David De Volpi, Roger Martin, K. Shanmuganathan, Martin Duckworth ; sound, Jacques Drouin, Roshan S. Perera ; editing, John N. Smith, Martial Éthier, Sam Grana ; sound editing, Raymond Vermette ; music recording, Louis Hone, Don Walsh, Dave Panting ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl ; music, Sridas Sivasambo, Vasudevan Govindarajan, Himmat Shinhat, null Sithiravel, null Sundaram, Anandprasad Pathanjali, Gordon Quinton, John Lacey, Boyd Norman, Charlotte Bradley.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast, Charlene Bruff, Madonna Hawkins, Nirmalan Masilamany, Anandprasad Pathanjali, Beverly Power, Francis Power, Rosie Power, Kumar Singam Nadarajah, Murugesu Sivanesan, Sinnakili Baskaran.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1989.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).