''The Squamish Five'' is a Canadian

docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typic ...

television film, directed by Paul Donovan and broadcast by

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in 1988.Gary Toushek, "An idealist lost in the urban guerrillas' jungle". ''

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'', November 5, 1988. The film dramatizes the story of the

Squamish Five The Squamish Five (sometimes referred to as the Vancouver Five) were a group of self-styled " urban guerrillas" active in Canada during the early 1980s. Their chosen name was Direct Action. The five were Ann Hansen, Brent Taylor, Juliet Carolin ...

, the Canadian activist group responsible for the

Litton Industries bombing In October, 1982, three members of an anarchist urban guerrilla group known as Direct Action acted upon "their wish to end the arms race" and filled a stolen pick-up truck with of dynamite and drove from Vancouver to Toronto, Canada planting the ...

of 1982. The film's cast included

Nicky Guadagni Nicky Guadagni (born August 1, 1952) is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television. Life and career Originally from Montreal, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College and went on to train at the Royal Academ ...

Ann Hansen Ann Hansen is a Canadian anarchist and former member of Squamish Five, Direct Action, a guerrilla warfare, guerrilla organization known for the Litton Industries bombing, 1982 bombing of a Litton Industries plant, which made components for Ameri ...

, Michael McManus as Brent Taylor,

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as Juliet Belmas,

Albert Schultz Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz bec ...

as Doug Stewart, and David McLeod as Gerry Hannah. The film faced some criticism for centring Belmas' perspective over those of the other members of the group; however, the producers noted that since Belmas was the only one of the five who had agreed to cooperate with the filmmakers, hers was the only perspective available to build the film's story around. The film received a preview screening on September 16, 1988, at the

1988 Toronto International Film Festival The 13th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 17, 1988. ''Midnight Madness'' programme was introduced at the festival. The festival screened more than 300 films from all ...

,Rick Groen, "Film festival features Milk and Honey". ''

'', July 20, 1988. in advance of its television premiere on November 6.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Squamish Five, The 1988 films 1988 television films Canadian drama television films Canadian docudrama films Canadian crime drama films Gemini and Canadian Screen Award for Best Television Film or Miniseries winners Canadian films based on actual events English-language Canadian films Films directed by Paul Donovan CBC Television original films 1980s Canadian films