Laughter in My Soul
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.
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Laughter in My Soul, Halya Kuchmij, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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Credits
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directorHalya Kuchmij
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producerWolf KoenigHalya Kuchmij
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executive producerRobert VerrallRoman Kroitor
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cameraAllan Kroeker
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soundLeon JohnsonBarry Lank
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editingWolf KoenigRosemarie Shapley
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sound editingAndré Galbrand
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animationRobert Doucet
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narratorJohn Colicos
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