Shameless Propaganda

Lower, Robert, (film director.). Christensen, David, (film producer.). Christensen, David, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Some have called the documentary Canada's national art form. If it is, the foundations of that art were laid by the National Film Board in the first six years of its existence, 1939-45, under the inspired vision and watchful eye of John Grierson, its first Commissioner. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday, Shameless Propaganda is filmmaker Robert Lower's take on the greatest and most compelling propaganda effort in our history. Lower has watched the films produced by the NFB up until 1945-all 500 of them-and distilled 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. .

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (71 min., 57 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency - English program:.North West Centre.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Writer, Robert Lower ; director, Robert Lower ; producer, David Christensen ; editor, Robert Lower ; composer, Randolph Peters ; sound effects editor, John Schritt ; foley artist, Russ Dyck ; research, Elizabeth Klinck, Sylvia Mezei ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard ; graphics, Mélanie Bouchard ; photo research, Claude Lord, Yvon Larocque ; executive producer, David Christensen.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Robert Lower.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2014.
Target Audience Note:	10-18.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).