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Document (TV series)

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Document
GenreDocumentary
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
Production
Executive producersPatrick Watson
Douglas Leiterman
Richard Nielsen (1968-1969)
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 16, 1962 (1962-09-16) –
May 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

Document is a Canadian documentary television series that aired once a month on CBC Television from 1962 to 1969. This innovative series featured various documentaries, employing both direct cinema and traditional documentary techniques.[1][2] The series, appearing on occasional random days and times, was given a monthly schedule in 1965 as a mid-year replacement for This Hour Has Seven Days.

The Toronto Telegram's Chester Bloom expressed criticism of bias over the broadcast of "The Servant of All" episode of September 16, 1962. Bloom's politics sided with the Progressive Conservative party.[3]

Production

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The first executive producers for this series were Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, whose intention was to air a documentary approximately each month to provide a detailed treatment of a subject. By the second season, Leiterman became executive producer on This Hour Has Seven Days and focused his attention on that series; Watson became a host of Document at that time.[4] Richard Nielsen became executive producer during the final episodes.

Episodes

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No.Title [1]ProducersOriginal air date
1"The Servant of All"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanSeptember 16, 1962 (1962-09-16)
Selecting a Prime Minister
2"Joshua, a Nigerian Portrait"Allan KingMarch 6, 1963 (1963-03-06)
3"The Pull to the South"TBAMarch 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
Should Canada become "The 51st State"?
4"The Balance of Terror"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanJuly 28, 1963 (1963-07-28)
5"The Peacemakers"Allan KingNovember 26, 1963 (1963-11-26)
6"The Quiet Takeover"Douglas LeitermanDecember 15, 1963 (1963-12-15)
computers
7"The Chief"Beryl Fox and Douglas LeitermanMarch 25, 1964 (1964-03-25)
(rebroadcast January 31, 1965)
8"Bjorn's Inferno"Allan KingApril 20, 1964 (1964-04-20)
poet Bjorn Halverson
9"The Image Makers"TBAMay 20, 1964 (1964-05-20)
American and Canadian public relations
10"The Single Woman and the Double Standard"Beryl FoxDecember 13, 1964 (1964-12-13)
11"Richard and Lillian: Two Portraits"TBADecember 27, 1964 (1964-12-27)
12"Strike: Man Against Computers"Larry ZolfMarch 28, 1965 (1965-03-28)
13"At the Moment of Impact"Jim CarneyNovember 7, 1965 (1965-11-07)
14"The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam"Beryl FoxDecember 5, 1965 (1965-12-05)
15"Joan Baez"TBADecember 26, 1965 (1965-12-26)
16"A Sense of Captivity"Ross McLeanJanuary 23, 1966 (1966-01-23)
17"The Story of Sandy"TBAFebruary 27, 1966 (1966-02-27)
18"How to Go Out of Your Mind"TBAApril 24, 1966 (1966-04-24)
the Millbrook experiments involving LSD
19"No Balm in Gilead"TBASeptember 22, 1968 (1968-09-22)
20"Resurrection City"Robert Hoyt (director)November 17, 1968 (1968-11-17)
21"Occupation"TBAFebruary 23, 1969 (1969-02-23)
22"Violence"James Shaw and John David HamiltonApril 13, 1969 (1969-04-13)
23"If I Don't Agree, Must I Go Away?"Peter PearsonMay 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)

References

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  1. ^ a b Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-7725-1505-0.
  2. ^ Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Document". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
  4. ^ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. pp. 408–409. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.