Shameless Propaganda
This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday, Shameless Propaganda is filmmaker Robert Lower's take on the boldest and most compelling propaganda effort in our history (1939-1945), in which founding NFB Commissioner John Grierson saw the documentary as a "hammer to shape society". All 500 of the films produced by the NFB until 1945 are distilled here for the essence of their message to Canadians. Using only these films and still photos from that era, Lower recreates the picture of Canada they gave …
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This feature documentary examines its own genre, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday, Shameless Propaganda is filmmaker Robert Lower's take on the boldest and most compelling propaganda effort in our history (1939-1945), in which founding NFB Commissioner John Grierson saw the documentary as a "hammer to shape society". All 500 of the films produced by the NFB until 1945 are distilled here for the essence of their message to Canadians. Using only these films and still photos from that era, Lower recreates the picture of Canada they gave us and looks in it for the Canada we know today. What he finds is by turns enlightening, entertaining, and unexpectedly disturbing.
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écritureRobert Lower
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réalisateurRobert Lower
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producteurDavid Christensen
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monteurRobert Lower
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narrateurRobert Lower
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compositionRandolph Peters
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monteur effets sonoresJohn Schritt
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enregistrement de la narrationJohn Schritt
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prise de son au bruitageJohn Schritt
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montage synchroRuss Dyck
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NoneRuss DyckSylvain CajelaisClaude ChevalierLuc Léger
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assistant monteurLiam KarpDiedra Bayne
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rechercheElizabeth KlinckSylvia Mezei
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obtention des droitsElizabeth KlinckSylvia Mezei
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coordonnateur techniqueSteve Hallé
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monteur en ligneDenis Gathelier
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ré-enregistrementJean Paul Vialard
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graphiquesMélanie Bouchard
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titresMélanie Bouchard
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recherche photosClaude LordYvon Larocque
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restaurationClaude LordYvon Larocque
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technicien conservation et laboratoireNicola Gisondi
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technicien numérisation, conservation et laboratoireMarie-France RousseauMartin Forget
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colorationSylvie Marie FortierChantal GagnéRichard LanoueAldo La Ricca
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coordonnateur de productionGinette D'SilvaFaye Yoneda
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superviseur de productionMark Power
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agent, marketingLeslie Stafford
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administrateur de programmeBree Beach
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gestionnaire des opérations du CentreDarin Clausen
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producteur exécutifDavid Christensen
Entre faire valoir les qualités et les forces d’un pays et se livrer à de la propagande, il n’y a qu’un pas : comment et où établiriez-vous la limite? Quelle vision du Canada l’ONF a-t-il cherché à illustrer? À quoi ces Canadiens attachaient-ils de l’importance? Qui a-t-on exclu de ce tableau et pourquoi? Le gouvernement devrait-il faire ce genre de films promotionnels? Quels en sont les avantages et les risques? Pourquoi importe-t-il de présenter l’histoire du pays dans toute sa complexité et de façon nuancée?
