West (TV series)

West is a Canadian documentary television series that aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1974.

West
Genre	documentary
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producers	John N. Smith Cynthia Scott
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	19 December 1973 (1973-12-19) – 23 June 1974 (1974-06-23)

Premise

This series of National Film Board of Canada productions featured life on the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan).

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. from 19 December 1973 to 17 April 1974. There were rebroadcasts from 23 June 1974, Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

Episodes

• "Catskinner Keen" (Donald Brittain producer and director), featuring Bob Keen
• "Cavendish Country" (Donald Brittain producer and director), about Cal Cavendish, a country musician
• "Every Saturday Night" (John Taylor producer; Tom Radford director), concerning the Depression-era hoedown band the Badlanders
• "I Don't Have to Work that Big" (John N. Smith producer; Michael McKennirey director), featuring Joe Fafard's sculpting
• "The Jews of Winnipeg" (John N. Smith producer; Bill Davies director), a community profile with interviews of entertainer David Steinberg, singer Judy Lander and lawyer Joseph Zuken
• "The New Boys" (John N. Smith producer and director), featuring Saint John's Cathedral Boys' School in Selkirk, Manitoba
• "Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace" (Cynthia Scott producer; Barbara Greene director), set in the Peace River Country area of Alberta, profiling two of the homesteading women
• "Some Natives of Churchill" (Cynthia Scott producer and director), concerning life in Churchill, Manitoba
• "Starblanket" (Donald Brittain producer and director), a profile of First Nations reserve chief Noel Starblanket
• "This Riel Business" (Ian McLaren producer and director), featuring Regina's Globe Theatre production of Tales from a Prairie Drifter, a comedy play set in the North-West Rebellion and features Louis Riel as a character
• "Van's Camp" (Les Rose and Donald Brittain, producers and directors), set in a Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan fishing camp
• "We're Here To Stay" (Ian McLaren producer and director), set in Lestock, Saskatchewan, featuring the efforts of farmers to run their Agri-Pool farm cooperative

See also

• Adieu Alouette
• Pacificanada

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "West". Queen's University. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• Watch West at the NFB website