Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.
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Cast
23 people
William Whitehead
Narrator (Voice)
Louis Applebaum
Self
Terence Macartney-Filgate
John Gareau
Denys Arcand
Self
Known for
Léolo
Douglas Macdonald
Daphne Lilly Anstey
Daphne Lilly Anstey
Ronald Blumer
Self
David Verrall
Donald Brittain
Self
Also in
First Stop, China
Claude Fournier
Self
Also in
Strip-Tease
Pauline Kael
Self
Also in
Ed & Pauline
Terence Macartney-Filgate Director · William Whitehead Writer John Gareau Editor
First release January 1, 1989 · Produced in Canada · Production CBC
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
CBC
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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