Educational film series
A kaleidoscope of independent filmmaking in Canada — from documentary and animation to experimental and alternative genres. Each episode has a specific genre focus and integrates ideas put forward by filmmakers in interviews, with visual presentation of these ideas culled from their work. Filmmakers showcased include Richard Condi, Al Razuris, Ann Marie Fleming, David Rimmer, Brian Stockton, Richard Kerr and Ann Wheeler. (6 x 60:00)
Titles in this series
1996 · 52m
A montage of filmmakers outside the mainstream, highlighting the common bond of struggle, but also the very different…
1996 · 52m
How do fictions affect our perception of reality and understanding of truth? And how much of a so-called…
1996 · 52m
First Nations filmmaker Lorena Todd leads us through the issue of cultural identity, interpretation and the changes in…
1996 · 52m
Light and shadow, rhythm and movement, pacing, anticipation, persistence of vision: all are elements which singularly and in…
1996 · 52m
A look at the proudly transformative role the women filmmakers have played in redefining the form, content and…
1996 · 52m
While animation is often associated with Saturday morning cartoons, in the hands of independents, it is one of…