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Television to Call Our Own (1997 Video)

Subject

Media studies; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

Uses Canadian television as an example to raise issues of culture and identity. The government promotes national identity through strict regulations about the amount of ‘Canadian content’ while at the...

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Promise for Tomorrow, A (1975 Film)

Subject

Environmental science; Law

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Outlines the Canadian government’s proposal, advanced in 1975 at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, that coastal states should be empowered to extend their jurisdiction in matters...

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Hecklers, The (1985 Film)

Director

Ian McLaren

Producer

Wolf Koenig; Ian McLaren

Subject

Art; History; Politics & government

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Animation film viewing Canada’s history as seen by political cartoonists. Includes the cartoons of more than fifty Canadian artists, commentary by contemporary cartoonists including Duncan Macpherson,...

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Eskimos of Pond Inlet (1975 Video)

Director

Michael Grigsby

Distribution

Sale (video - RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

Pond Inlet is a new village in North Baffin Island, Canada, in which Igulingmuit Eskimos have been settled by the Canadian government. The film presents in their own words the reactions of the Eskimo...

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Four Days Inside Guantanamo (2010)

aka: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo

Director

Luc Côté; Patricio Henriquez; Andrea Henriquez

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £9.99

FOUR DAYS INSIDE GUANTANAMO is a documentary based on security camera footage from the Guantánamo Bay prison. Based on seven hours of video footage declassified by the Canadian courts, this documentary...

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Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

Director

Debbie Melnyk; Rick Caine

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 124 minutes), £15.99

A documentary that seeks to separate fact, fiction and legend. Two Canadian filmmakers track Michael Moore on tour during the release of the explosive FAHRENHEIT 9/11, chronicling the politically...

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Face to Face with Annie Machon (2011)

Subject

Politics & government

Interview in the Face to Face series made for local Canadian television channel ICTV, which aims to provide viewers with information not ordinarily shown on corporate television. In this programme Annie...

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Undercurrents 10 (1999 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 71 min., 1999 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional 1999 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional

A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the media to...

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Undercurrents 7 (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 93 min., 1997 sale: £27.95 (per issue) institutional 1997 subscription: £72.95 (1 year/3 issues) institutional

A video magazine of alternative news, published in response to a growing frustration with mainstream news reporting. All the material was shot on domestic camcorders, mostly by activists who are using the...

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