CONVERSATIONS WITH A DEAD PRIME MINISTER
Price: $249.00 Code: 2558 |
Directed by Daniel Roher
2016, 15 minutes
Purchase $249 | Classroom rental: $125
Blending rare archival photographs and personal diary pages seldom used since their entrance into the public domain only thirteen years ago, revealing interviews as well as unique animations, Conversations with a Dead Prime Minister leads audiences into a world of the supernatural, painting an engaging cinematic portrait of one of Canada’s most eccentric prime ministers, Mackenzie King, who led a secret life conducting séances and speaking with the dead.
2016, 15 minutes
Purchase $249 | Classroom rental: $125
Blending rare archival photographs and personal diary pages seldom used since their entrance into the public domain only thirteen years ago, revealing interviews as well as unique animations, Conversations with a Dead Prime Minister leads audiences into a world of the supernatural, painting an engaging cinematic portrait of one of Canada’s most eccentric prime ministers, Mackenzie King, who led a secret life conducting séances and speaking with the dead.
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