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You Don't Back Down

Name: You Don't Back Down
Duration: 27 min

Don Owen

1965 | 27 min

This short documentary follows a young Canadian doctor serving in a local mission hospital in Nigeria. Stationed abroad under the Canadian University Service Overseas Plan, Dr. Alex McMahon and his schoolteacher wife encounter new challenges every day throughout their rewarding experience.

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Credits

director

Don Owen
producer

Joseph Koenig
script

Robin Spry
camera

Gilles Gascon
sound

Marcel Carrière

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