Laughter in My Soul

  • Rated 10.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1983
  • 27m
  • Documentary

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.

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Director
Halya Kuchmij
Starring
John Colicos, Myron Oryschuk, Doreen Brownstone, Brian Richardson

Cast

  • John Colicos

    John Colicos

    Narrator

  • Myron Oryschuk

    Character Voices

  • Doreen Brownstone

    Character Voices

  • Brian Richardson

    Character Voices

  • Cecil Semchyshyn

    Character Voices

  • Lukia Skolney

    Character Voices

  • Jacob Maydanyk

    Self (uncredited)

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