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OYDNEY NEWMAN
George Csaba Koller
GONERNMENT FILM) OMMISdIONEI&
The man on the cover of this issue readily confesses to a strong dislike of the factory-like appearance of Film Board headquarters, and his antipathy grows every morning as his chauffeur-driven auto approaches the building. But, as Canadian Government Film Commissioner and NFB Chairman, he is the undisputed king of this somewhat tattered castle, making a salary of $42,000 per year, and rolling high after four years’ reign.
The controversial impresario of Canadian cinema, flamboyant successor to the late John Grierson and subsequent NFB bosses, former student of Grierson’s and self-professed saviour of BBC drama; this man who juggles a tea cup on his knee in Toronto for the press to show how he gets by with a tight budget and who tells a Vancouver journalist after a widely publicized ‘censorship’ affair, “Let them fire me, let them find another pro like me,”; this is the Sydney Newman who represents the Film Board toward government and the public and, in this capacity, recently told a group of MP’s in Ottawa...
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“Believe it or not, the National Film Board of Canada is 35 years old,” began our Film Commissioner. “It is my aim thai it will provide the necessary benefits to Canada of a social and interpretive nature for at least another 35 years.’ Mr. Sydney Newman was addressing the Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts in Ottawa this past April. The Parliamentary group responsible for monetary allocations in the above categories quizzed the Chairman and his top department heads before recommending to the House of Commons that the NFB be granted its $17 million outright, which is only part of the Board’s $31 million global expenditures in the current fiscal year.
Self expression is the cornerstone of self-determination which, in turn, is the basis of our Canadian sovereignity, ” continued, the Film Commissioner, and then went on to detail all the recent, current and imminent accomplishments of our federal filmmaking body. “At the board we produce, distribute and research in every form of film activity from creation to technology, and we disseminate our knowledge and experience widely.” He characterised staff morale at the Board as “satisfactory to high,” and recognized the need for increased participation of the creative staff in management deci sions.