Release Date

01 Jan, 1983

Runtime

00:27: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Laughter in My Soul

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Actors

John Colicos

Myron Oryschuk

Doreen Brownstone

Brian Richardson

Cecil Semchyshyn

Lukia Skolney

Jacob Maydanyk

Crew

Halya Kuchmij

Halya Kuchmij

Wolf Koenig

Halya Kuchmij

Roman Kroitor

Robert Doucet

André Galbrand

Robert Verrall