Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher

Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher
Directed byJohn N. Smith
Written byMariette Cook
John N. Smith
Produced byVladimir Valenta
StarringMartin Kevan
Marina Dimakopoulos
CinematographyDavid De Volpi
Barry Perles
Edited byJohn N. Smith
Production
company
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher is a Canadian short drama film directed by John N. Smith and released in 1977.[1] The film stars Martin Kevan as Mr. Todrick, a wheelchair-using substitute teacher facing an unruly high school class, and Marina Dimakopoulos as Tony, a student and class leader who comes to regret how she treated Mr. Todrick after she is given detention.[2]

Dimakopoulos won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 28th Canadian Film Awards.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brian J. Low, NFB Kids: Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1989. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780889207202. p. 177.
  2. ^ Richard Labonté, "NFB short gets message across". Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1980.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. p. 119.


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