The read
It runs a compact 27m.
Synopsis
This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.
Ratings
TMDB10/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Halya KuchmijDirector
- Halya KuchmijWriter
Cast
- John ColicosNarrator
- Myron OryschukCharacter Voices
- Doreen BrownstoneCharacter Voices
- Brian RichardsonCharacter Voices
- Cecil SemchyshynCharacter Voices
- Lukia SkolneyCharacter Voices
- Jacob MaydanykSelf (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
cartoonistcanadian historyukrainianukrainians in canadaukrainian diaspora