This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.
Credits
-
directorHalya Kuchmij
-
producerWolf KoenigHalya Kuchmij
-
executive producerRobert VerrallRoman Kroitor
-
cameraAllan Kroeker
-
soundLeon JohnsonBarry Lank
-
editingWolf KoenigRosemarie Shapley
-
sound editingAndré Galbrand
-
animationRobert Doucet
-
narratorJohn Colicos
Suggestions
