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A Foreign Language

Stanley Jackson

1958 | 29 min

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This short documentary focuses on a Montreal public school where thousands of immigrant children learn English for the first time. Part of the Candid Eye series.

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Credits

director

Stanley Jackson
producer

Roman Kroitor

Wolf Koenig
executive producer

Tom Daly
photography

Reginald Morris
sound

Frank Orban

Ron Alexander

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