Laughter in My Soul

Overview

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.

Directed by Halya Kuchmij

Top cast

John Colicos

Narrator

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Myron Oryschuk

Character Voices

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Doreen Brownstone

Character Voices

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Brian Richardson

Character Voices

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Cecil Semchyshyn

Character Voices

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Lukia Skolney

Character Voices

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Jacob Maydanyk

Self (uncredited)

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