About this season
For the Record, an anthology of 60-to-90-minute dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the time.
Episodes (7)
1. The Boy Next Door
Aired 10 February 1985 • 60 min
A widow has to deal with her troubled son, who becomes a lawbreaker.
2. The Front Line
Aired 17 February 1985 • 60 min
A young, idealistic priest, just released from a Central American prison, returns to Canada where he is assigned to a quiet town parish.
3. They're Drying Up the Streets
Aired 24 February 1985 • 60 min
4. Tools of the Devil
Aired 3 March 1985 • 60 min
5. The Exile
Aired 10 March 1985 • 90 min
Three generations of a Japanese Canadian family struggle with the emotional trauma inflicted by their internment in British Columbia camps during World War Two. Each generation has to come to terms with their family breakup.
6. Where the Heart Is
Aired 17 March 1985 • 60 min
A native woman divorces her white husband and learns that she has also lost her Rez status as well.
7. Fred Quilt
Aired 24 March 1985 • 60 min