Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story

Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Andrew Wreggitt
Directed by	Alex Chapple
Starring	Albert Schultz Lara Flynn Boyle
Music by	Christopher Dedrick
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Heather Haldane Gub Neal Justin Thomson
Producer	Mary Young Leckie
Cinematography	Rene Ohashi
Editor	George Roulston
Production company	Screen Door
Original release
Release	4 December 2006 (2006-12-04)

Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story is a 2006 drama about ambition, love, betrayal and greed. The film chronicles the private and public struggles of Lord Conrad Black, one of the world's most controversial press barons.

Cast

• Albert Schultz as Conrad Black
• Lara Flynn Boyle as Barbara Amiel
• Jason Priestley as Jeff Riley
• Jason Schombing as David Radler
• Cedric Smith as George
• Sharry Flett as Betty
• Michael Seater as Young Conrad Black
• Jeremy Akerman as Bud
• Rick Roberts as Morde
• Shawn Lawrence
• Amy Price-Francis as Shirley Black
• Corinne Conley as Maude
• Joan Gregson as Doris Phillips
• Philip Craig as Meighen
• Rhea Akler as Rona
• Ian White as Lord
• Mark Caven as Lawson
• Sven Van de Ven as Henry Kissinger
• Elizabeth Shepherd as Margaret Thatcher
• James Kall as Steward

2007 Gemini Awards

• Rene Ohashi won Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
• Mike Woroniuk, Christian T. Cooke, Robert Fletcher, Paul Germann, & Barry Gilmore won Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090305093216/http://www.screendoor.org/productions/drama/shadesofblack
• Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story at IMDb