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.
Posts Tagged “Challenge for Change”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Indigenous New Wave: NFB at the Pan Am Games
Archival footage serves as both inspiration and raw material in Souvenir, an audacious series of shorts by Aboriginal artists that gets its world premiere during the upcoming Pan Am Games...
By the Time We Get to Radville
The Prairies called — and the NFB answered. A small team from the Northwest Studio recently completed an 8-day road trip across the southern prairie grasslands — a journey that...