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A Passage from Burnt Islands

  • March 1992
  • 48mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Alan Handel,

    Starring

    Gordon Pinsent,

    In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.