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The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy is a novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by McClelland and Stewart, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1996 and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It deals with the events of the Cypress Hills Massacre (1873) as told 50 years later to a young screenwriter in Hollywood by the last living survivor.
Television film
On 2 March 2008, The Englishman's Boy premiered as a made-for-television film on CBC with a budget of $11.7 million. The film won six Gemini Awards: Best Dramatic Mini-Series; John N. Smith as director; Nicholas Campbell as leading actor; Katharine Isabelle as supporting actress; Carmen Kotyk, for casting; and Beverley Wowchuk for costumes. In November 2017 the TV film was released on the Canada Media Fund Encore+ YouTube channel.
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