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In the national interest : a chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989 /

One of the cornerstones of Canadian culture, the National Film Board has throughout its history mirrored the social issues that preoccupy Canadians. Gary Evans traces the de- velopment of the postwar NFB, picking up the story where he left it at the end of his earlier work, John Grierson and the Nat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Gary, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1991.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Almost Derailed: Trying to Fit the National Film Board into the Postwar World
  • 2 Down the Road from Ottawa to Montreal
  • 3 The Golden Years
  • 4 The Golden Years, Part II At the Heart of the Film Board: Unit B
  • 5 Art for Whose Sake?
  • 6 Clouds Gather above Centennial Glamour
  • 7 Austerity
  • 8 In Search of a Mission: Challenge for Change
  • 9 'On a Chariot of Fire': Sydney Newman's Tenure
  • 10 The Chariot Disintegrates and Burns.
  • 11 Andre Lamy, Controlled by Events
  • 12 The Atmosphere Changes from Siege to Neglect
  • 13 Not with a Bang or a Whimper: Approaching a Second Half-century
  • Afterword
  • Appendices
  • 1 Television films completed in fiscal year 1964-65
  • 2 Sponsored films made for various government departments and agencies, 1966-67
  • 3 Films of the Challenge for Change programme
  • 4 Oscar awards and nominations through 1989
  • 5 Chronology of the best films of French Production to 1984.
  • 6 Film commissioners and directors of English and French Production, Distribution, and Technical Operations7 Museum of Modern Art 50th anniversary sampler of Film Board films (May 1989)
  • Notes
  • Index.