Coming Home
Directed byBill Reid
Produced byTom Daly
Colin Low
CinematographyBarry Perles
Edited byDavid Wilson
Production
company
Release date
  • June 30, 1973 (1973-06-30)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Coming Home is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Bill Reid and released in 1973.[1] Made for the National Film Board of Canada, the film documents Reid's own trip home to visit his parents in Sarnia, Ontario, and the family's conversations about the communication difficulties and generational differences in values that have complicated their familial relationship.[2]

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Documentary at the 25th Canadian Film Awards.[3]

References

  1. Harris Kirshenbaum, "Film Reviews: Coming Home". Cinema Canada, August/September 1974. pp. 74-75.
  2. Geoff Alexander, Films You Saw in School: A Critical Review of 1,153 Classroom Educational Films (1958-1985) in 74 Subject Categories. McFarland & Company, 2013. ISBN 9780786472635. pp. 42-43.
  3. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 111-114.


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