Released:

Overview:
This rarely-screened teleplay written by Rick Salutin offers a dramatic glimpse into Canada’s Red Scare that pre-dated the rise of McCarthyism in the United States. John Grierson and his National Film Board of Canada become targets of an anti-Communist blacklist in the immediate post-war years, after Soviet clerk Igor Gouzenko produced documents revealing a spy ring operating in Canada. With a cast featuring Eric Peterson as Grierson, Saul Rubinek as Gouzenko, and Aaron Schwartz as Communist Party MP Fred Rose, this forgotten piece of Canadian history is brought to life in a very compelling CBC drama.

Director:
Martin Kinch

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Eric Peterson
  as
  Grierson
• 
  Saul Rubinek
  as
  Gouzenko
• 
  Aaron Schwartz