National Film Board

Author : Malek Khouri
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552381991

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Filming Politics by Malek Khouri Pdf

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) was created in 1939 to produce, distribute, and promote Canadian cinema both domestically and abroad. In Filming Politics, author Malek Khouri explores the work of the NFB during this period and argues that the political discourse of the films produced by this institution offered a counter-hegemonic portrayal of working class people and presented them as agents of social change. Filming Politics brings to light a number of films from the early years of the NFB, most of which have long been forgotten.

Author : Thomas Waugh,Michael Brendan Baker,Ezra Winton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780773585270

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Challenge for Change by Thomas Waugh,Michael Brendan Baker,Ezra Winton Pdf

Pioneering participatory, social change-oriented media, the program had a national and international impact on documentary film-making, yet this is the first comprehensive history and analysis of its work. The volume's contributors study dozens of films produced by the program, their themes, aesthetics, and politics, and evaluate their legacy and the program's place in Canadian, Québécois, and world cinema. An informative and nuanced look at a cinematic movement, Challenge for Change reemphasizes not just the importance of the NFB and its programs but also the role documentaries can play in improving the world.

Author : Madeleine Thien
Publisher : Walrus Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chinese
ISBN : 1552852059

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The Chinese Violin by Madeleine Thien Pdf

A young Chinese child immigrates to Canada with her father, and their hardship is relieved by the beautiful music of Chinese violins.

Author : Michael D. Clemens
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771993357

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Screening Nature and Nation by Michael D. Clemens Pdf

The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian government’s nation-building project and show the state as an active participant in the cultural construction of the land. By the mid-1960s however, films like Cree Hunters of Mistassini and Death of a Legend were asking provocative questions about the state’s vision of nature. Filmmakers like Boyce Richardson and Bill Mason began to centre the experiences of First Nations people, contest the notion that nature should be transformed for economic gain, and challenge the idea that the North is a wild and empty landscape bereft of civilization. Author Michael Clemens describes how films produced by the NFB broadened the ecological imagination of Canadians over time and ultimately inspired an environmental movement.

Author : Zoë Druick
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780773576698

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Projecting Canada by Zoë Druick Pdf

Based on newly uncovered archival information and a close reading of numerous NFB films, Projecting Canada explores the NFB's involvement with British Empire communication theory and American social science. Using a critical cultural policy studies framework, Druick develops the concept of "government realism" to describe films featuring ordinary people as representative of segments of the population. She demonstrates the close connection between NFB production policies and shifting techniques developed in relation to the evolution of social science from the 1940s to the present and argues that government policy has been the overriding factor in determining the ideology of NFB films. Projecting Canada offers a compelling new perspective on both the development of the documentary form and the role of cultural policy in creating essential spaces for aesthetic production.

Author : Heather Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780143198666

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The Agony of Bun O'Keefe by Heather Smith Pdf

Little Miss Sunshine meets Room in this quirky, heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and discovery. It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the outside world. What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. Hitchhiking out of town, Bun ends up on the streets of St. John's, Newfoundland. Fortunately, the first person she meets is Busker Boy, a street musician who senses her naivety and takes her in. Together they live in a house with an eclectic cast of characters: Chef, a hotel dishwasher with culinary dreams; Cher, a drag queen with a tragic past; Big Eyes, a Catholic school girl desperately trying to reinvent herself; and The Landlord, a man who Bun is told to avoid at all cost. Through her experiences with her new roommates, and their sometimes tragic revelations, Bun learns that the world extends beyond the walls of her mother's house and discovers the joy of being part of a new family -- a family of friends who care.

Author : Gary Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015013432946

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John Grierson and the National Film Board by Gary Evans Pdf

Author : Rachna Gilmore
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613423976

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Lights for Gita by Rachna Gilmore Pdf

For use in schools and libraries only. Recently immigrated from India, Gita is looking forward to celebrating her favorite holiday, Divali, a festival of lights, but things are so different in her new home that she wonders if she will ever adjust.

Author : National Film Board of Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : UOM:39015067491442

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Annual Report - National Film Board of Canada by National Film Board of Canada Pdf

Author : Gary Evans
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0802068332

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In the National Interest by Gary Evans Pdf

Gary Evans traces the development of the postwar NFB, picking up the story where he left it at the end of his earlier work, John Grierson and the National Film Board: The Politics of Wartime Propaganda.

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780887848001

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Payback by Margaret Atwood Pdf

Explores debt as a central historical component of religion, literature, and societal structure, while examining the idea of humanity's debt to the natural world.

Author : Emily Carr
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547190189

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Klee Wyck by Emily Carr Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Klee Wyck" by Emily Carr. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0395292034

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Paddle-to-the-Sea by Anonim Pdf

A toy Indian and his canoe travel from Lake Nipigon to the Atlantic Ocean.

Author : Tracey Friesen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317508236

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Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change by Tracey Friesen Pdf

Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change by Tracey Friesen is a practical guide for media-makers, funders, and activists who share the common goal of creating an impact with their work. Today, social-issues storytellers are sharpening their craft, while funders with finite resources focus on reach, and strategic innovators bring more robust evaluation tools. Friesen illuminates the spark at the core of these three pursuits. Structured around stories from the front lines, Story Money Impact reveals best practices in the areas of documentary, digital content, and independent journalism. Here you will find: • Twenty-one stories from people behind such powerful works as CITIZENFOUR, The Corporation, Virunga, Being Caribou, Age of Stupid, and Food Inc. • Six key story ingredients for creating compelling content. • Six possible money sources for financing your work. • Six impact outcome goals to further your reach. • Seven practical worksheets for your own projects. • A companion website located at www.storymoneyimpact.com containing up-to-date information for those seeking the tools and inspiration to use media for social change.

Author : Tanya Davis,Andrea Dorfman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062280862

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How to Be Alone by Tanya Davis,Andrea Dorfman Pdf

Since its debut on YouTube, Tanya Davis’s beautiful and perceptive poem "How to Be Alone," visually realized by artist and filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, has become an international sensation. In this edition of How to Be Alone, they have adapted the poem and its compelling illustrations for the page in a beautiful, meditative volume—a keepsake to treasure and to share. From a solitary walk in the woods to sitting unaccompanied on a city park bench to eating a meal and even dancing alone, How to Be Alone, reveals the possibilities and joys waiting to be discovered when we engage in activities on our own. As she soothes the disquietude that accompanies the fear of aloneness, and celebrates the power of solitude to change how we see ourselves and the world, Tanya reveals how, removed from the noise and distractions of other lives, we can find acceptance and grace within. For those who have never been by themselves or those who embrace being on their own, How to Be Alone encourages us to recognize and embrace the possibilities of being alone—and reminds us of a universe of joy, peace, and discovery waiting to unfold.