6.2 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama Country of origin Canada Director Jerry Ciccoritti Music director Steve London | 63% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti Original language(s) English Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Shawn Doyle
Peter Outerbridge
David La Haye Producer(s) Richard Gwyn (book)
Bruce M. Smith Initial release 19 September 2011 (Canada) Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Cast Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, Patrick McKenna, Aidan Devine, Rob Stewart Similar Guns, The Disappeared, Grown Up Movie Star, The Many Trials of One Jane, Captive Heart: The James Mi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John a macdonald birth of a country pt 1
John A.: Birth of a Country is a Canadian television film, which aired on CBC Television in 2011.
Dramatizing the events that led up to Canadian Confederation in 1867 based on Richard Gwyn's non-fiction book John A.: The Man Who Made Us, the film stars Shawn Doyle as Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. The film's cast also includes Peter Outerbridge as George Brown, David La Haye as George-Étienne Cartier, Aidan Devine as John Sandfield Macdonald and Patrick McKenna as Alexander Galt, as well as Michelle Nolden, Peter MacNeill, Cedric Smith and Rob Stewart.
The film won two Canadian Screen Award acting categories at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, for Lead Actor in Television Film or Miniseries (Doyle) and Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series (Outerbridge). It also won the top direction (Jerry Ciccoritti) and writing (Bruce M. Smith) awards.