Laughter in My Soul

Name: Laughter in My Soul
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 27 min
Rating: 100
Cast: John Colicos, Myron Oryschuk, Doreen Brownstone, Brian Richardson, Cecil Semchyshyn

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Audience Score

100

StarringJohn ColicosMyron OryschukDoreen Brownstone

DirectorHalya Kuchmij

WriterHalya Kuchmij

NR 27 minDocumentary

Plot

This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.

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