Priory: The Only Home I've Got

Priory: The Only Home I've Got is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Mark Dolgoy and released in 1978.[1] The film is a portrait of the Priory Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, a long-term care facility organized around the then-new model of independent living.[2]

Priory: The Only Home I've Got
Directed byMark Dolgoy
Produced byAnne Wheeler
Tony Karch
CinematographyDoug McKay
Edited byChristopher Tate
Music byGeoff Venables
Production
company
Release date
1978
Running time
59 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film won the Genie Award for Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980.[3]

References

  1. Thomas Waugh, Michael Brendan Baker and Ezra Winton, Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780773585263. p. 488.
  2. Katherine Dedyna, "A legacy of helping others; When Vera McIver moved to Victoria she helped revolutionize the care of seniors in long-term facilities". Victoria Times-Colonist, July 24, 2009.
  3. Rick Groen, "NFB, Brittain dominate TV Genie awards". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1980.


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