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Public Libraries | NFB Film Club Reveals Winter 2014 Programming
This winter, the NFB Film Club’s programming offers up a rich and varied selection of recent shorts and feature-length films, including several new releases. There are 5 different film programs...
Special workshops at NFB Education Studios during Media Literacy Week
Literacy through Film: Using Media as an Outlet for Social Change Have you ever seen an advertisement and thought, what is that for?, or how did they come up with...
Top 7 Sizzling Summer Films for Youth
To celebrate the arrival of summer, we’ve put together a list of 7 summer films that are guaranteed to educate and entertain young viewers as they try to keep cool...
Watch 2 Influential Documentaries: Lonely Boy and The Back-breaking Leaf
The Globe and Mail recently compiled their list of the most influential, must-watch documentaries ever made since 1895. It was exciting to have 2 NFB classics included! One of the...
Star Power: Celebrities in NFB Films, Part 2
So, as we were saying last week in Part 1, the NFB has long been a hotbed of hot collaborations. From influential composers, to rock bands, to actors and sitar...
5 films about Aboriginal issues
Last Friday, we launched Alanis Obomsawin’s latest film, The People of the Kattawapiskak River, as a way to provide background and context for what’s taking place in the news and...
20 Must-Read Blogs for Film Buffs
Films, like food, are one of those things that are almost as nice to take in as they are to read about (as opposed to say, falling in love or winning the lotto.)
Staycation Education!
* This is a guest post by Lindsay Wright, Manager, National Education Programs School’s out but our films are still hard at work. The upcoming March break is the perfect...
Friday staff pick: RiP! A Remix Manifesto
Hi everyone! My name’s Kate Ruscito and I’m the newly minted English Community Manager for the NFB. I was asked to do another Friday Cinema post, so I humbly present...
DOXA Connexions: The Black Market
This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. “Connexions” is...
DOXA Connexions: Justice Forum at DOXA (The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History)
This post was written by one of the young women participating in the 2011 Kris Anderson DOXA Youth Connexions Forum, as part of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. “Connexions” is...