KOBZAR Book Award (Kobzar Literary Award)
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Edition 1 (2006) Winner
Danny Schur
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Danny Schur
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Career
- Occupations
- composer, lyricist, playwright, film director, film producer
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Strike!
2005 historical musicalStrike! is a historical stage musical depicting the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. It focuses on Mike Sokolowski, a Ukrainian immigrant from Galicia killed by the Royal North-West Mounted Police on Bloody Saturday, June 21, 1919. The account is heavily fictionalized with a composite character. Sokolowski starts as an antisemite loathing Jewish Bolshevism but learns tolerance partly through a romantic subplot involving his godson Stefan and Jewish neighbor Rebecca.
Winnipeg General Strikelabor movementimmigrant experienceovercoming antisemitismromance
Adaptations
- [radio] Strike! / Danny Schur (2007)
- [short film] Strike! / Danny Schur (2007)
- [film] Stand! (2019)
Legacy
Known as the composer, lyricist, and co-writer of the musical Strike! about the Winnipeg General Strike, which has seen multiple performances and adaptations into radio, film, and more. Also directed a related documentary.
In Popular Culture
- The musical Strike! has been adapted into a 2007 CBC radio production, a 17-minute short film, and the 2019 feature film Stand!.