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Closing the Gap: 0.4mg of Prevention
produced by Curzon Village Productions Inc.
A 25-minute documentary which informs
viewers that women can reduce the risk
of Spina Bifida significantly if they take
the B-vitamin Folic Acid.
Director Sharon Halfyard Producer
Sharon Halfyard Script Carmelita McGrath,
Sharon Halfyard Photography Kevin
Hanlon Editor Sharon Halfyard, John
Bonnell Design Beth Oberholtzer Music
Paul Steffler Location St. John’s and area
Format Beta SP 30 Running Time 25
Ron Hynes: The Irish Tour produced by Rink Rat Productions Inc.
Ron Hynes
The story of “Sonny’s Dream” (the song)
provides the initial motivation for this film
documentary. But essentially it is the
story of Newfoundland meeting Ireland,
of Ron Hynes coming face to face with
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Closing the Gap
Director Rosemary House Producer
Mary Sexton Script Rosemary House
Photography Nigel Markham Editor
Derek Norman Music Paul Steffler Cast
Ron Hynes, Mary Black, Christy Moore
Location St. John’s, Dublin, Galway,
COBH Format Beta SP Running Time
48 minutes Production Company Rink
himself and his music in another
incarnation, another country.
Newfoundland was almost exclusively
settled by people from Ireland and
the west country of England. There is an
obvious connection between the Irish