Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

Overview

Pioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous to speak out.

Directed by Stephen Dunn

Top cast

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Theodore Saunders

Jim Egan (young)

James Daly

Jack Nesbit (young)

Clyde Whitham

Jim Egan (old)

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Brian Edward Thwaites

Jack Nesbit (old)

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Chris O'Bray

Jim Egan (voice)

K.D. Lang

Narrator (voice)

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