The progressive philosophy of Studio D of the National Film Board of Canada : a case study of To a safer place (1987)

• Main Author: Ryohashi, Aiko
• Other Authors: Straw, Will (advisor)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: McGill University 1995
• Subjects: National Film Board of Canada; Social problems in motion pictures.
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23360

This thesis explores the relationship between the National Film Board and its audiences, with particular attention to the ways in which the NFB has tried to respond to the needs of Canadians for media representations of themselves, through the Challenge for Change program (1967-1978) and Studio D (1974-). The focus of this work will be on the progressive aspects of NFB productions, which have frequently taken controversial stands against official government policy. === In the process, the place of the NFB within a politics of representation will be discussed, and its critical contribution to the constitution of a Canadian "national identity" will be examined. Finally, this study is part of an attempt to investigate characteristics of Canadian society, with respect both to the functioning of government and to the democratic use of film as a medium enabling culturally marginalized people to find their own voices.