Election Season in Canada: Watch 5 Films That Demystify the Process
Between municipal, provincial, and federal elections, it seems we're always heading to the polls. Here are 5 films that demystify the election process.
Posts Tagged “Canadian Politics”
Teaching Canadian identity, nationhood, and media literacy with Shameless Propaganda
Discover the NFB's WWII-era propaganda effort, and get ideas for teaching about Canadian identity and nationhood to secondary students.
Canada’s Prime Ministers: History in the classroom
Explore a series of documentaries for the Canadian high school curriculum on political rivals Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. This collaborative effort of the National Film Board and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) brings a host of valuable resources to the classroom, including the documentary series, a full collection of digital images and documents from LAC, and fact sheets about each of Canada’s prime ministers.
Propaganda Cinema at the NFB – The World in Action
The story behind the World in Action theatrical series of propaganda films
NFB.ca launches The Champions Series
Today we’re launching The Champions, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Donald Brittain’s seminal documentary series on the lives of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. The online release of these...
The Strangest Dream goes on tour
Starting on March 4, Eric Bednarski’s documentary The Strangest Dream begins its national tour, showing in select theatres across Canada until April 10. The film is about Nobel Peace Prize-winning...
Battling over the Plains of Abraham
Almost 250 years ago, the fate of America was set during a brief but defining moment in the history of Canada – the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Right...
Georges P. Vanier: Portrait of a Governor General
In light of the current political situation, many Canadians are probably wondering what, exactly, is the role of the Governor General. To answer this question, the NFB offers up a...