Heritage Minutes (1991)
Heritage Minutes (1991)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Aidan Devine
Additional Cast / English Envoy / Jim Chamerlain
Katherine Trowell
Additional Cast / Narrator
Steve Cumyn
John A. Macdonald / Alec / Percy
Denis Lacroix
Additional Cast / Rain in Face
Michelle Wong
Business Affairs Coordinator
Jean L'Italien
George-Étienne Cartier / Adoptive Father
Patrick Watson
Narrator
Jean Marchand
Additional Cast / Paul-Émile Borduas
Details.
Wiki.
The Heritage Minutes is a series of sixty-second short films, each illustrating an important moment in Canadian history. The Minutes integrate Canadian history, folklore and myths into dramatic storylines. Like the Canada Vignettes of the 1970s, the Minutes themselves have become a part of Canadian culture and been the subject of academic studies as well as parody.The Minutes were first introduced on March 31, 1991, as part of a one-off history quiz show hosted by Wayne Rostad. Originally distributed to schools, they appeared frequently on Canadian television and in cinemas before feature films, and were later available online and on DVD. "Radio minutes" have also been made. From 1991 to 1995 fifty episodes were released. In 2012, new Minutes were produced in the lead-up to Canada's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation) in 2017; these included themes in Canadian history, such as the Canadian Indian residential school system.