Hirsch (2010)

movie

Country: Canada
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Short
Release:
Director: Noam Gonick
Writers: Noam Gonick
Language: English
Stars: Blane Cypurda , Ruth De Graves , Matthew Kennedy (VI) , Louis Negin , Noel Robertson Sampson , Josh Ruth , Lev Snowe-Potash , Lily Snowe-Potash , Charlene Van Buekenhout
Runtime: 11 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Hirsch (Canada)
Plot: Objects found by children in an attic tell the story of the father of Canadian theatre, John Hirsch. His deathbed interview is listened to on reel-to-reel by a ten year-old watching his friends and babysitter play video games and unearth Hirsch's belongings. As a teenage World War II orphan, Hirsch came to Winnipeg from Europe, his only possession a suitcase puppet show. He became an agitator for culture on the Canadian prairies, co-founding the Manitoba Theatre Centre and going to to direct New York's Lincoln Center. He died in Toronto in 1989 at 59 from complications due to AIDS.
IMDB:tt1653011