Kurelek

Kurelek

11 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1967

A documentary about the self-taught painter William Kurelek, told through his paintings. There are scenes of village life in the Ukraine and the early days of struggle on a prairie homestead and the growing comfort of family life. In Ontario, Kurelek paints the present life of Canada with the same pleasure he painted the old.

Kurelek

11 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1967

Kurelek
A documentary about the self-taught painter William Kurelek, told through his paintings. There are scenes of village life in the Ukraine and the early days of struggle on a prairie homestead and the growing comfort of family life. In Ontario, Kurelek paints the present life of Canada with the same pleasure he painted the old.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Kurelek
Directors William Pettigrew
Writers John Sims, William Kurelek

Cast

William Kurelek

as / Himself

Richard Gilbert

as Narrator