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Projecting Canada: Government Policy and Documentary Film at the National Film Board (Arts Insights Series)
A revealing look at the role of government policy on the ideology of NFB documentaries.
256 pages, Paperback
First published February 22, 2007
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February 9, 2011
Projecting Canada is an analysis of National Film Board of Canada documentary film from the NFB’s inception in 1939 to the present. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality (the relation between citizen and state) as well as Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism (dialogic texts build on previous texts and invite a response from future ones), Druick argues that NFB documentaries are not neutral records of Canadian lives, but rather, intentional constructions designed to support the NFB’s mandate. The idea that governmentality pervades all NFB films, even ones that appear radical, is perhaps the most controversial aspect of Druick’s argument.
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