A series of interviews with NFB artisans (filmmakers, producers, technicians, etc.) coupled with archival footage recounting the infancy of cinema, NFB Memories is a project that seeks to track the role of the Film Board since its inception while playing homage to the art of filmmaking at large. In this excerpt, writer and director Robert Duncan reflects on the art of writing in documentary in this short profile interweaving interviews, photographs and film excerpts.