Just Another Missing Kid
| Just Another Missing Kid | |
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| Directed by | John Zaritsky |
| Produced by | Glenn Sarty John Zaritsky |
| Cinematography | John Griffin |
| Edited by | Gordon McClennan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CBC |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Just Another Missing Kid is a 1981 Canadian documentary film, directed by John Zaritsky, about the search for a missing Ottawa teenager.[1]
Summary
Eric Wilson had left his native
Accolades
Originally produced by CBC Television for the documentary news program The Fifth Estate, it was broadcast on CBC television to much acclaim in 1981. It was released in theatres in the United States in 1982. It was nominated for several international awards and won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3][1]
Controversy
In this film, Zaritsky broke new ground for documentaries by having the interview subjects recreate their actions for the camera. This caused some controversy as some critics and filmmakers felt these recreations did not make it a true documentary. In later years, Zaritsky himself agreed the technique should not be used.[citation needed] However, it has since been widely used by other documentary filmmakers.
Adaptation
The story was later re-told in fictionalized form in a
Preservation
The Academy Film Archive preserved Just Another Missing Kid in 2007.[4]
References
- ^ a b Ahsan, Sadaf (4 April 2022). "Oscar-winning Canadian documentarian John Zaritsky dies at 79". CBC News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "CBC News: the fifth estate - Just Another Missing Kid - Update". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ 1983|Oscars.org
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
- Just Another Missing Kid at IMDb
- The Fifth Estate online - full streaming video of Just Another Missing Kid
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