Christopher’s Movie Matinée: Haphazard Adventures in Flower Power Cinema
- Synopsis
- In 1968, in Yorkville (Toronto), the NFB provided a group of hippies with cameras, film and a few NFB film crew members so they could make a film illustrating their lives and their world. The footage they gathered is presented in a feature film with very little editing. There are sit-ins, love-ins, animated discussions among themselves about almost everything, and encounters with adults on a bus and on the street. The film is a revealing portrait of a dissenting generation and its rationale.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Year of production
- 1968
- Subjects
- Social Studies; History
- Keywords
- social anthropology; social history; Cultural history; hippies
Online availability
- URI
- http://www.nfb.ca/film/christophers_movie_matinee/?ec=en20120209
- Price
- free
- Delivery
- Streamed
Credits
- Director
- Mort Ransen
Production Company
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
- Web
- http://www.nfb.ca/ External site opens in new window
- Notes
- The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has an international reputation for producing social issue documentaries, auteur animation, alternative drama and innovative digital content, with a unique Canadian perspective. Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards. The website gives details of the complete collection of NFB films. For personal viewing, films are streamed for free at http://www.nfb.ca/ or can be delivered to your i-Phone, iPad, Android or BlackBerry Playbook. Educational institutions can subscribe for online delivery and DVDs for sale are listed in the online store section of the website. Purchasers outside of the USA and Canada will need to check availability and pricing.
Distributor
- Name
National Film Board of Canada
- Contact
- Penny Rampado (Sales & Market Development Manager)
- p.rampado@bfb.ca
- Web
- http://www.nfb.ca External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 514 496 3952
- Address
- 3155 Cote-de-Liesse Road
Montreal
Quebec
H4N 2N4
Canada
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