Terence Macartney-Filgate is part of a small group of Canadians at the NFB in the late 1950s who helped shape and even invent documentary film as we know it today.
Keep ReadingAn anthology by Tom Waugh, Ezra Winton, and Michael Brendan Baker celebrates the NFB’s Challenge for Change documentaries.
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Keep ReadingKaterina Cizek’s Highrise is a multi-media, collaborative documentary project about the human experience in global vertical suburbs.
Keep ReadingBuilding critical, creative knowledge communities around both—seeing and knowing—will strengthen documentary and improve education.
Keep ReadingThe subject of Garry Beitel’s new feature-length doc, The “Socalled” Movie, Dolgin also ain’t no gangsta. Forget bling, bitches and a real sick Lexus.
Keep ReadingAn air of timeliness underscores any discussion of the 1958-60 Candid Eye cinema direct films made by the National Film Board’s Unit B.
Keep ReadingArtist-filmmaker Mark Lewis represents Canada at the Venice Biennale with a series of meditative films that were sponsored by the NFB. Are docs and art intertwining?
Keep ReadingThe NFB is central to B.C.’s indie doc sector. Eisner investigates the Board’s accomplishments and goals in Vancouver and beyond.
Keep ReadingCapturing Reality about the art of the documentary, is very much an homage to the NFB as well. Ferrari takes us through her memories of the films and filmmakers she interviewed for
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