The Dionne Quintuplets

Brittain, Donald, (film director.). Brittain, Donald, (film producer.). Katadotis, Peter, (film producer.). Wright, Paul, (film producer.). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto), (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Back in 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family. Based on the book The Dionne Years by Pierre Berton.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (87 min., 02 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2010.
Copyright: ©1978

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency:.Co-produced by the NFB and the CBC.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Available to subscribers only.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Donald Brittain ; producer, Donald Brittain ; executive producer, Peter Katadotis, Paul Wright ; script, Pierre Berton, Barbara Sears ; photography, Douglas Kiefer ; sound, Fraser McAninch ; editing, Les Halman, Richard Bujold ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau, Abbey Jack Neidik, Les Halman ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel, Adrian Croll ; music, Art Phillips.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Pierre Berton.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1978.
Target Audience Note:	15-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Chris Bronze Plaque Awrd - Category: Social Studies, 1979 Second Prize - Category: Social and Political, 1979
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-07-01).