Robert Baldwin : A Matter of Principle

Collaborators : Biggs, Julian | Glover, Guy | Howe, John | Office national du film du Canada

His heart was with the rebels, but his principles bound him to the cause of constitutional reform. Here, in a stirring reconstruction of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, you see Robert Baldwin, the reform leader who, in the midst of armed revolt, withdrew to fight a lonely battle with himself.

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