Priory: The Only Home I've Got

Priory: The Only Home I've Got is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Mark Dolgoy and released in 1978.[1] The film is a portrait of the Priory Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, a long-term care facility organized around the then-new model of independent living.[2]

Priory: The Only Home I've Got
Directed byMark Dolgoy
Produced byAnne Wheeler
Tony Karch
CinematographyDoug McKay
Edited byChristopher Tate
Music byGeoff Venables
Production
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Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film won the Genie Award for Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980.[3]

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  1. ^ Thomas Waugh, Michael Brendan Baker and Ezra Winton, Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780773585263. p. 488.
  2. ^ Katherine Dedyna, "A legacy of helping others; When Vera McIver moved to Victoria she helped revolutionize the care of seniors in long-term facilities". Victoria Times-Colonist, July 24, 2009.
  3. ^ Rick Groen, "NFB, Brittain dominate TV Genie awards". The Globe and Mail, March 20, 1980.
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