Shipbuilder

Directed by Stephen Surjik
1985    6mShort, Documentary
6.3
This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native Finland. The ship never reached water.

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  • Kristjana GunnarsNarrator
  • Galen WahlmeierTom Sukanen
  • Sasha KonowalLittle Girl
  • Stephen SurjikDirector
  • Ken MitchellWriter
  • Charles KonowalProducer
  • Michael J.F. ScottExecutive Producer
  • Carol WenausArt Direction / Sound Editor
  • Margaret StellickMakeup Artist
  • Norman SawchynEditor
  • Jean-Pierre JoutelSound
  • Marcelle NokonyMusic
  • Greg ZuckMusic
  • Cyndi ForcandAdministration

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