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Professor Norman Cornett: "Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?"

Professor Norman Cornett: "Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?"

| 1 h 20 min

This feature documentary by Alanis Obomsawin is a thoughtful tribute to Norman Cornett, a McGill University professor celebrated by scores of students appreciative of his unconventional yet powerful teaching methods who was controversially dismissed from his teaching duties in 2007.


Credits
  • director
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • writer
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • editor
    Alison Burns
  • camera
    Martin Duckworth
  • sound
    Glenn Hodgins
  • research
    Kirwan Cox
  • producer
    Adam Symansky
    Robert Verrall
  • additional camera
    Philippe Amiguet
    Chady Awad
  • camera assistant
    Sébastien Cassou
    Giulia Frati
  • narrator
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • digital imaging specialist
    Susan Gourley
    Philippe Raymond
    Louis-André Fortin
  • drawings
    Robert Verrall
  • rights clearances
    Elizabeth Klinck
  • sync rushes
    Hilary Thomson
  • post-production co-ordinator
    Steve Hallé
    Marysol Moran
    France Couture
    Brigitte Sénéchal
    Annie Lessard
  • digital editing technician
    Danielle Raymond
    Martine Forget
    Pierre Dupont
    Amélie Bolduc
  • sound editor
    Don Ayer
  • mixer
    Shelley Craig
  • online editor
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Susan Gourley
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • still photographer
    Liam Maloney
  • production co-ordinator
    Christine Williams
  • marketing manager
    Moira Keigher
  • studio administrator
    Dan Emery
  • executive producer
    Ravida Din

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