This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival footage, interviews with people who knew him and footage of Grierson himself, this film is a sensitive and informative portrait of a dynamic man of vision. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term "documentary film."
| Directing | Roger Blais | Director |
| Editing | Annick de Bellefeuille | Editor |
| Editing | John Kramer | Editor |
| Editing | Les Halman | Editor |
| Camera | Eugene Boyko | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jacques Fogel | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Magí Torruella | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lewis McLeod | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michel Thomas-d'Hoste | Director of Photography |
| Production | Roger Blais | Producer |
| Production | David Bairstow | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Raymond Dumas | Animation Director |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Joutel | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bernard Bordeleau | Sound Editor |
| Sound | André Galbrand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bev Davidson | Sound |
| Sound | Gildas LeSausse | Sound |
| Sound | Ron Seltzer | Sound |
| Sound | Hans Oomes | Sound |
| Sound | Colin Charles | Location Sound Mixer |
