EXCLUSIVE: Canada's first ever film, Evangeline (1914), is the inspiration for a new feature of the same name heralding from production company Ocean Playground Productions. Based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, the story of silent film Evangeline centers on the 1755 expulsion of the Acadians, and follows a young woman separated from her fiancé during [...]
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'Sight Unseen' Director-Producer Brent Crowell Developing 'Evangeline', Inspired By Canada's First Ever Film
April 8, 2026
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