For decades, the bulk of the controversial NFB classic film series Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle has been difficult to access. With the launch of the book Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada, as well as this continually expanding online playlist, we, the editors of the book, are delighted to connect works such as The Ballad of Crowfoot, The Children of Fogo Island and VTR St-Jacques with literature that examines their artistry and politics.
For decades, the bulk of the controversial NFB classic film series Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle has been difficult to access. With the launch of the book Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada, as well as this continually expanding online playlist, we, the editors of the book, are delighted to connect works such as The Ballad of Crowfoot, The Children of Fogo Island and VTR St-Jacques with literature that examines their artistry and politics.
Thomas Waugh, professeur à l’École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim de l’Université Concordia, est l'auteur de The Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. Michael Brendan Baker est candidat au doctorat au Département d'histoire de l'art et de communication de l'Université McGill. Ezra Winton est candidat au doctorat à l'École de journalisme et de communication de l'Université Carleton et le fondateur du réseau Cinema Politica.