Projecting Canada
Government Policy and Documentary Film at the National Film Board
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:22nd Feb '07
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The National Film Board of Canada is internationally acclaimed as a beacon of non-commercial filmmaking. This book shows that the NFB, born out of a nation-building project, is involved in the discourses of nation, technology, and social scientific knowledge that shape the Canadian cultural landscape.A revealing look at the role of government policy on the ideology of NFB documentaries.
"Zoe Druick is one of the promising members of a new generation of scholars whose work will change the direction of Canadian Film Studies." Gene Walz, University of Manitoba "Druick provides a subtle and well-documented critique of the Film Board's role." Seth Feldman, York University, Ontario "This book fills an important gap in the history of culture and media in Canada. Most valuable is Druick's demonstration of the ways in which the Canadian government and its agencies tend to formulate their cultural policy, aims, and practices in terms of a 'liberal nation-building project' as a form of 'middle way' politics." Kevin Dowler, York University, Ontario
ISBN: 9780773532595
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 336g
256 pages