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A history of Canadian cinema
Filmmaker Paul Donovan once compared the difficulty of making a movie in Canada to climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. Faced with an indifferent public, harsh critics, limited funds, and foreign-owned movie houses, filmmaking in Canada is, by necessity, a labour of love. Canadian gems like The Barbarian Invasions and Nobody Waved Goodbye have succeeded because of steadfast determination. CBC Archives explores the birth and growth of Canada's film industry.
Program: The National Magazine
Broadcast Date: Sept. 25, 1996
Guest(s): Lesley Allen, Denys Arcand, David Cronenberg, Norman Jewison, Peter Morris, Don Owen, Geoff Pevere, Mitchell Sharp
Reporter: Carol Off
Duration: 23:41
Universal International Picture, Republic Pictures Corporation. Ortis Films Ltd. Shipman-Curwood Company. Canadian International Film. The Mirisch Corporation. NFB.Canadian Film Development Corporation, Filmplan. Astral Bellevue Pathé, Astral Films.
Edison Manufacturing Company. Pickford Corporation. Universal International Pictures. Canadian Photoplays Ltd.
Last updated: February 21, 2013
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