Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006)

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Country: Canada
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 2006-03-12
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Kristin Booth , Tatiana Maslany , Ian Tracey , Paul Gross (I) , Nicholas Campbell , Brian Markinson , R.H. Thomson , Trenna Keating , Don McKellar , Michael Therriault
Runtime: min
Awards: 2 wins & 10 nominations
AKA: Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story , Povestea lui Tommy Douglas (Romania) , Gigante da Planície: A História de Tommy Douglas (Brazil) , Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (Canada) , Küldetés (Hungary) , Daastaan e Tommy Douglas (Iran)
Plot: In 1930s Saskatchewan, a small town parish has a new young new pastor, Tommy Douglas. However, for all his regular duties, which include boxing lessons, Tommy sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address with the pulpit. With that in mind, Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation and starts a career where his steadfast idealism runs headlong into the powerful opposition of the rich and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader that would transform Canada and have him hailed as the greatest Canadian of all.
IMDB:tt0439404