Hot Docs: The Dark Years

TBA, Documentary, Animation

It was the late 1920s and Canadians were enjoying greater prosperity than ever before. Then it all came tumbling down. The cigar-chomping Harry Hindmarsh, editor of the Toronto Daily Star would go on to chronicle the far reaching and catastrophic consequences of the crash of ‘29. Cartoon versions of Hindmarsh and his hardboiled newsmen headline this snappy animation series on Canada during the Great Depression. Viewing history through the lively prism of an urban newsroom, The Dark Years blends dynamic graphics with documentary authenticity and a zippy sense of narrative to chart the turbulent and eventful thirties.