Springhill is a Canadian dramatic television film, directed by Ron Kelly and broadcast in 1972.Roy Shields, "A cruel honesty displayed in painful TV drama". The Province, March 21, 1972. The film is a dramatization of the 1958 Springhill mine disaster,Sheila McCook, "Springhill — compact yet complete". Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 1972. with a cast including Paul Bradley, Sean Sullivan, Ed McNamara, Leo Phillips and Mel Tuck. It was broadcast by CBC Television on March 22, 1972.
Reception The film faced some controversy, with survivors of the disaster expressing their opposition to having their experiences dramatized for television.Joan Irwin, "Documentary disaster". Montreal Star, April 22, 1972.
The film won two awards at the 24th Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actor, Non-Feature (Sullivan) and Best Art Direction (Harold Maxwell),Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 97-100. and Kelly received an ACTRA Award nomination for Best Dramatic Writer at the 2nd ACTRA Awards.Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
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