Laughter in My Soul

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.

Cast

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)

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