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Directed by
  
John Paskievich

Running time
  
95 min.

Director
  
John Paskievich

Cast
  
David Scheffel

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Release date
  
1998

Initial release
  
23 April 1999 (Canada)

Producer
  
Joseph MacDonald

Produced by
  
Joe MacDonald National Film Board of Canada

Edited by
  
K. George Godwin, John Paskievich

Language
  
English and Slovak with English subtitles during Slovak dialogue

Production company
  
National Film Board of Canada

Editors
  
John Paskievich, Kenneth George Godwin

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The Gypsies of Svinia is a 1998 documentary film about the Roma population in Svinia, Slovakia. The film documents the people within the community, and follows David Scheffel, a Canadian anthropologist, as he attempts to gain the support of charitable agencies the Heifer Project International, the Canadian International Development Agency, and Habitat for Humanity International.

The film was directed by John Paskievich, and produced by Joe MacDonald through the National Film Board of Canada.

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