Friends First: The Story of Team Schmirler sub-series
- F 704-1-12
- Subseries
- 1991-2002 (predominant: 2000-2002)
Part of Lori Kuffner fonds
Documentary profiling the Sandra Schmirler curling team from Regina, Saskatchewan. The team, comprised of Sandra (Peterson) Schmirler, Jan Betker, Joan McCusker and Marcia Gudereit, were three-time Canadian, three-time world champions and 1998 Olympic gold medalists who remained teammates and close friends until Schmirler's death in 2000. Interviewees include: Shirley Schmirler, Sandra's mother; Jan Betker; Joan McCusker; Marcia Gudereit; Brian McCusker, Joan's husband; Anita Ford, team coach; Lindsay Sparks, Canadian national curling team coach; Shannon England, Sandra's husband; Frank Macera, Jan's husband; Kerry Gudereit, Marcia's husband; Atina Ford, team alternate player; Shannon Kleibrink, curler; and Pat Reid, Olympic team leader. Produced in association with CTV, SCN, and the W Network. Records include: a dubbing master with no commercial blacks; unedited interviews; B rolls; interview transcripts; research material; and digital photographs.
Cooper Rock Pictures Inc., 1998-