Laughter in My Soul
10.0/ 10 1 votes 1983-01-01 0h 27m 1 popularity
This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk. Part of the first wave of Ukrainian immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1896-1914, Maydanyk was an imaginative artist who created the beloved comic strip character Shteef Tabachniuk, a hapless and endearing galoot who became a folk hero to Ukrainian immigrants. Laughter in My Soul is a tribute to the dignity and heroism of those early pioneers and to those whose spirit lives on, to those who had laughter in their souls.
Director: Halya Kuchmij
John Colicos
Narrator
Myron Oryschuk
Character Voices
Doreen Brownstone
Character Voices
Brian Richardson
Character Voices
Cecil Semchyshyn
Character Voices
Lukia Skolney
Character Voices
Jacob Maydanyk
Self (uncredited)
