Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin 2021 Directed by Mark Ratzlaff

Scientists Banting, Best, Collip and Macleod at the University of Toronto as they race for a treatment to cure 13-year-old Leonard Thompson of his life-threatening diagnosis of diabetes.

Country Canada

Production Country Canada

Language English

Production Companies Historica Canada , Shotglass Productions (CA)

Release Date 17 May 2021

1 mins

Cast

Jeremy Schuetze Dr. Frederick Banting

Dean Petriw Leonard Thompson

Jewel Staite Nurse Anna

Em Haine Nurse May

Troy Mundle Mr. Thompson

Duane Keogh John Macleod

Craig Haas James Collip

Johnny Sutherland Charles Best

Ken McNicol Dr. Walter Campbell

Malaika Jackson Little Girl's Mother

Victor Garber Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director

Mark Ratzlaff

Writers

Nimisha Mukerji

Mark Ratzlaff

Producers

Mark Ratzlaff

Nimisha Mukerji

Erica Landrock

Cinematography

Stirling Bancroft

Music

Erica Procunier