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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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.