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Death or Canada is a Canada-Ireland Treaty Co-Production, produced by Canada's Ballinran Productions, and by Ireland's Tile Films. The interviews and dramatic recreations were filmed in Canada and Ireland.
Nov 25, 2008 · Death or Canada is the tragic and true story of one family's epic journey to Canada fleeing the ravages of the Irish famine in 1847. Archaeologists and historians reconstruct this forgotten tragedy, a pivotal moment in North America's Irish history, when Toronto was brought to its knees by a refugee and public health crisis that ...
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- Ruán Magan
- 2008-11-25
DEATH OR CANADA - YouTube. During the Irish Famine of 1847 many hundreds of thousands fled Ireland for Canada. They brought typhus and cholera with them and wreaked havoc on the fledgling...
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- Ruán Magan
Death or Canada, narrated by Brian Dennehy tells the true life tragic story of John and Mary Willis and their five children who left their home in the west of Ireland at the height of the Great Famine in 1847 in search of a new and better life in North America.
Apr 12, 2021 · Death or Canada is a two-part Canadian–Irish docudrama which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in November/December 2008. In the UK on The History Channel UK in January and February 2009 as Fleeing The Famine. The film was also featured as part of the celebrations for Toronto’s 175th anniversary.
Overview. Death or Canada is a Gemini- and IFTA-nominated, two-part Canadian–Irish docudrama which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in November/December 2008, in the UK on The History Channel UK in January and February 2009 and in Canada on History Television on March 16, 2009.
Mar 5, 2010 · Death or Canada is a powerful docudrama that reveals the incredible story of how Toronto survived and was shaped by one the most traumatic events in its history.
