Congratulations to Daniel Thomson and Nancy Carter for being nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Editorial Research.
Winners are announced on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
Daniel and Nancy would like to especially thank Dr. Ron Williamson and the entire team at Archaeological Services Inc.
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HANGMAN’s GRAVEYARD is being re-broadcast on History Television on Saturday July 31 at 7:00 pm
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Hangman’s Graveyard has won a Public Communications Award from the Canadian Archaeological Association as part of their 2010 Annual Meeting at the University of Calgary. We are especially pleased with this award because it was bestowed upon us by professional archaeologists who have deemed that our film has academic value and merit.
Click HERE to read the wonderful letter that accompanied the award.
A sincere and humble THANK YOU to the Canadian Archaeological Association.
Here is an amazing clip illustrating how the very talented Cyrus Mir brought the Old Don Jail of 1880 back to life in Hangman’s Graveyard.
Click HERE to see more of Cyrus’ work.
A special thanks to our friends at the Toronto Historical Association for organising this past weekends screening of Hangman’s Graveyard as part of their Annual General Meeting on April 17th. The screening took place at the historic Riverdale Library in the shadows of the Old Don Jail.
And an extra special Thank You to everyone who came out to watch the film. We were blown away and humbled by the response. We love sharing our films with people who are equally passionate about our nation’s and city’s past.
THANK YOU!
Congratulations to our Director of Photography, and dear friend, Michael Savoie (CSC) and the entire camera department on being nominated for a prestigious Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award in the Docudrama category.
The CSC Awards annually honour the countries finest achievements in cinematography. The awards gala takes place on Saturday, March 27th 2010.
Good luck Michael!!! Our fingers will be crossed!!
The numbers are in and HANGMAN’s GRAVEYARD pulled in a remarkable 190 00 (+2) viewers!!! All of us involved with Hangman’s Graveyard would like to offer you, the audience, a big round of applause and our deepest gratitude. We have been humbled by your reaction to the film and we are thrilled that stories from Canada’s past can reach a wide audience!!!
We have had such an amazing response from the audience for Hangman’s Graveyard that we have decided to post some of the best comments on our website.
Congratulations! Hangman’s Graveyard was a truly great program. Your commentary, the photography and the way it told the story of both the Don Jail and your work there, all gave the program great impact, with its combination of horror and sensitivity. Ed Rutherford
Quite enjoyed watching Hangman’s Graveyard on the History Channel last night. Well done! Chris Watts
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Garnet Fraser of the Toronto Star has selected Hangman’s Graveyard as recommended viewing.
Skeleton crew: Archeologists excavate an old burial site at Toronto’s infamous Don Jail inHangman’s Graveyard. They find the skeletal remains of 15 men who went to the gallows between 1880 and 1932 and try to learn about who they were. We bet they were … convicts. (History at 8pm)
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