''West'' is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

documentary television series that aired on

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from 1973 to 1974.

Premise

This series of

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

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 Tom Radford (born March 12, 1946) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta.Tom Murray"Tom Radford" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', March 22, 2010. A cofounder with Anne Wheeler and P. J. Reese of the Filmwest Associates studio, Ra ...

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 Joseph Fafard (September 2, 1942 – March 16, 2019) was a Canadian sculptor. Biography Joseph Fafard was a twelfth generation Canadian born in 1942 in Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan, to French Canadians Leopold Fafard and Julienne Cantin. Fafard is ...

'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 Joseph Zuken (December 12, 1912 – March 24, 1986) was a popular Communist politician in Winnipeg and the longest serving elected Communist party politician in North America. He served on the Winnipeg city council from 1961 to 1983. Joe Zuk ...

* "The New Boys" (John N. Smith producer and director), featuring

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in Selkirk, Manitoba * "Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace" (Cynthia Scott producer; Barbara Greene director), set in the

Peace River Country The Peace River Country (or Peace Country; french: Région de la Rivière-de-la-paix) is an aspen parkland region centring on the Peace River in Canada. It extends from northwestern Alberta to the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, ...

area of Alberta, profiling two of the homesteading women * "Some Natives of Churchill" (Cynthia Scott producer and director), concerning life in

Churchill, Manitoba Churchill is a town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname ...

* "Starblanket" (Donald Brittain producer and director), a profile of First Nations reserve chief

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* "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 The North-West Rebellion (french: Rébellion du Nord-Ouest), also known as the North-West Resistance, was a resistance by the Métis people under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by First Nations Cree and Assiniboine of the District of S ...

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

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, featuring the efforts of farmers to run their Agri-Pool farm cooperative

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:West (Tv Series) CBC Television original programming 1973 Canadian television series debuts 1974 Canadian television series endings National Film Board of Canada documentary series 1970s Canadian documentary television series Films set in the Canadian Prairies Cultural depictions of Louis Riel

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