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Duke Redbird: A Look Back at the Film Career of an Indigenous Living Legend | Curator’s Perspective

Duke Redbird: A Look Back at the Film Career of an Indigenous Living Legend | Curator’s Perspective

This Curator’s Perspective focuses on Duke Redbird, an acclaimed artist whose films have a historical significance that extends beyond the walls of the NFB

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio D’s Founding, Part 1: Kathleen Shannon and the Formative Years

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio D’s Founding, Part 1: Kathleen Shannon and the Formative Years

This instalment of Curator’s Perspective pays tribute to the visionary directors of the world’s first—and to this day, solely—publicly funded feminist filmmaking Studio D.

Higher Learning | New Canadian Documentary

Higher Learning | New Canadian Documentary

Check out the first installment in a series for post-secondary classrooms, curated by post-secondary educators, about Canadian Documentary.

Freedom Road: Angelina McLeod Makes her Way Home

Freedom Road: Angelina McLeod Makes her Way Home

Angelina McLeod returns to the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation to participate in a momentous collective action.

The Film That Launched Margot Kidder’s Career | Curator’s Perspective

The Film That Launched Margot Kidder’s Career | Curator’s Perspective

Margot Kidder's first film, The Best Damn Fiddler From Calabogie to Kaladar, a one-hour drama, was made at the National Film Board of Canada.

A Fine Day in Masset: Christopher Auchter Revisits Crucial Moment in Haida Renaissance

A Fine Day in Masset: Christopher Auchter Revisits Crucial Moment in Haida Renaissance

It was a fine day in Masset: August 22, 1969. For the first time in living memory a traditional totem pole was being raised in the community. Surrounded by their...

Innovative Canadian Solutions to Public-Transit Problems | Curator’s Perspective

Innovative Canadian Solutions to Public-Transit Problems | Curator’s Perspective

A look at two documentaries from the NFB's Challenge for Change program showing innovative solutions to public transit problems in two Canadian cities.

NFB & UK’s National Theatre Collaborate on VR Doc

NFB & UK’s National Theatre Collaborate on VR Doc

Among the productions premiering in the 2017 edition of Storyscapes – the Tribeca Festival’s showcase of new immersive media – is Draw Me Close, a striking hybrid of creative non-fiction VR and live performance from Jordan Tannahill, one of the most inventive voices in contemporary Canadian theatre.

Photo Friday | Young, Wild and Free: Hanging Out With Fogo’s Children

Photo Friday | Young, Wild and Free: Hanging Out With Fogo’s Children

Fogo is an island that lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, in the Atlantic Ocean. Though only about 25 km long and 14 km wide, the island has always...

Colin Low (1926-2016) | The NFB and Canada Lose a True Pioneer of Cinema

Colin Low (1926-2016) | The NFB and Canada Lose a True Pioneer of Cinema

Canada has lost a giant of cinema with the passing of Colin Low, who died in Montreal on February 24 at the age of 89. Born on July 24, 1926,...

Back at the Ranch: The Grasslands Project

Back at the Ranch: The Grasslands Project

Few motorists speeding along the straight stretch between Regina and Calgary ever venture off the Trans Canada Highway to explore the grasslands to the south. “It’s off the beaten track,...

Interactive Gets Fresh: Newfoundland’s Local Food Scene

Interactive Gets Fresh: Newfoundland’s Local Food Scene

Living on an isolated island in the North Atlantic tends to foster a degree of resourcefulness, and Newfoundlanders know a thing or two about food self-sufficiency. Long before there was...