Connections (2021)

Directed by

Martyn Burke

Genre

documentary film, documentary television film

Country

Canada

Runtime

2 min

How it feels

This documentary film looks into organized crime in Canada. It covers the growth of criminal groups like the Mafia, bikers, and Asian gangs, and their ties to US crime networks. The film uses advanced technology like night filming and hidden microphones, and includes interviews with crime leaders.

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What happens

Connections: An Investigation into Organized Crime in Canada consisting of two television documentary programs broadcast as a CBC/Norfolk Communications Ltd coproduction transmitted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in two 90-minute segments on successive nights: Sunday, June 12 and Monday, June 13, 1977. The second series was Connections: a further Investigation into organized crime in Canada also a CBC/Norfolk Communications Ltd coproduction which was broadcast by the CBC on three successive nights beginning on Monday, March 26, 1979 as a 90-minute program followed as two 60-minute programs on Tuesday, March 27 and Wednesday, March 28. The series was notable for its use of advanced equipment - including pioneering night film and hidden microphones - and for interviews with criminal leaders. The programs were realised before the advent of the internet. Both series covered the growth of organized crime in cities across Canada and connections to US organised crime. Both series were commissioned by Peter Herrndorf from Bill Macadam and his Norfolk Communications. Among organized crime groups they exposed the activities & personalities of the Mafia, bikers, Asian gangs and corruption by mobsters of certain public figures. William Macadam and Martyn Burke were co-producers of both series. The third senior member of the production team was James Dubro (his screen credit on the first series was "Research Director" and on the second series "Associate Producer"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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