Genre: | Drama |
Director: | Penelope Buitenhuis |
Starring: | Frank Moore Peter Outerbridge Thomas Mitchell Alberta Watson Peter MacNeill |
Theme Music Composer: | Mark Korven |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Alan Burke |
Editor: | Gordon McClellan |
Cinematography: | David Frazee |
Runtime: | 96 minutes |
Company: | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Network: | CBC Television |
Giant Mine is a Canadian television film, which dramatizes the events of the 1992 Giant Mine labour dispute and the subsequent bomb explosion which killed nine replacement workers.[1] The film, written by John Hunter and Martin O'Malley and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis, aired on CBC Television in 1996.[2]
The film received three Gemini Award nominations at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998, for Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series (Alan Burke), Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (MacNeill) and Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Gordon McClellan).[3]