
Just a Ploughboy
Screening Time
Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 2:05 PM – Ravine Room
Synopsis
“Just a Ploughboy” is about how the land and its people shape the writer who in turn shapes us. Geroge Ryga’s “The Ecstasy of Rita Joe” is about missing and murdered Indigenous women. Written 50 years ago, the play is still in print, still produced internationally. Ryga’s boyhood friend, Alex Krawec and the first Indigenous actor to play Rita Joe, Margo Kane, discuss the impact of George Ryga’s writing in the context of Canada today.
Runtime
0:23:00
Nominations
Documentary History & Biography
Creative Team
Director(s)
Gina Payzant
Producers(s)
Gina Payzant
Researcher(s)
Gina Payzant
Production Company
Reel Mensch Studios