House Calls (documentary)
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House Calls is 2006 Canadian documentary film
about Mark Nowaczynski, a physician and photographer who documents the lives of many of his elderly patients. Written and directed by Ian McLeod, this National Film Board of Canada
production received the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 2006 Gemini Awards
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An Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
, Nowaczynski was inspired by the work of documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine, a teacher who turned to photography as a way to document the plight of child labourers at the turn of the 19th century.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about Mark Nowaczynski, a physician and photographer who documents the lives of many of his elderly patients. Written and directed by Ian McLeod, this National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
production received the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program at the 2006 Gemini Awards
2006 Gemini Awards
The 21st Gemini Awards were held on November 4, 2006 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was conducted at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia and broadcast on Global.-Best News/Information Series:...
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An Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto is the medical school of the University of Toronto. The faculty is based in the Discovery District of Downtown Toronto along with most of its teaching hospitals and research institutes. Founded in 1843, it is one of Canada's oldest institutions of...
, Nowaczynski was inspired by the work of documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine, a teacher who turned to photography as a way to document the plight of child labourers at the turn of the 19th century.