Screening Nature and Nation
The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian go...
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Athabasca University Press
2022
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| author | Clemens, Michael D. |
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| description | The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian government’s nation-building project and show the state as an active participant in the cultural construction of the land. By the mid-1960s however, films like Cree Hunters of Mistassini and Death of a Legend were asking provocative questions about the state’s vision of nature. Filmmakers like Boyce Richardson and Bill Mason began to centre the experiences of First Nations people, contest the notion that nature should be transformed for economic gain, and challenge the idea that the North is a wild and empty landscape bereft of civilization. Author Michael Clemens describes how films produced by the NFB broadened the ecological imagination of Canadians over time and ultimately inspired an environmental movement. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-841782024-03-23T21:37:11Z Screening Nature and Nation Clemens, Michael D. documentaries documentary film agricultural films Canadian Wildlife Service Canadian filmmakers Challenge for Change Christopher Chapman Evelyn Cherry conservation environmentalism nation-building Radford Crawley James Bay Indigenous filmmakers environmental films Larry Gosnell John Grierson high modernism Bill Mason National Film Board of Canada National Parks Northern Films Nature Films Boyce Richardson Doug Wilkinson thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFA Film history, theory or criticism The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian government’s nation-building project and show the state as an active participant in the cultural construction of the land. By the mid-1960s however, films like Cree Hunters of Mistassini and Death of a Legend were asking provocative questions about the state’s vision of nature. Filmmakers like Boyce Richardson and Bill Mason began to centre the experiences of First Nations people, contest the notion that nature should be transformed for economic gain, and challenge the idea that the North is a wild and empty landscape bereft of civilization. Author Michael Clemens describes how films produced by the NFB broadened the ecological imagination of Canadians over time and ultimately inspired an environmental movement. Published 2022-06-13T21:22:31Z 2022-06-13T21:22:31Z 2022-04-27 book 9781771993357 9781771993364 9781771993371 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84178 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.amazon.ca/Screening-Nature-Nation-Environmental-Documentaries-ebook/dp/B09Z16WBR7/ https://www.aupress.ca/books/120304-screening-nature-and-nation/ Athabasca University Press AU Press 10.15215/aupress/9781771993357.01 10.15215/aupress/9781771993357.01 6b1b8af7-79e4-4b18-b297-b983df0f073f 9781771993357 9781771993364 9781771993371 AU Press 233 Canada open access |
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| topic | documentaries documentary film agricultural films Canadian Wildlife Service Canadian filmmakers Challenge for Change Christopher Chapman Evelyn Cherry conservation environmentalism nation-building Radford Crawley James Bay Indigenous filmmakers environmental films Larry Gosnell John Grierson high modernism Bill Mason National Film Board of Canada National Parks Northern Films Nature Films Boyce Richardson Doug Wilkinson thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFA Film history, theory or criticism |
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