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National Film Board of Canada
-TNFB NEWS
Office national du film du Canada
Jackson to direct third of Empire
NFB: filmmaker Doug Jackson will be directing two episodes of CBC/Radio-Canada’s ambitious Empire, Inc. series made in collaboration with the National Film Board. Jackson, whose many credits include writer, director and producer, has made both documentary and fiction films and has won over 25 international awards, including an Oscar nomination and five Genies. In 1975, The Heatwave Lasted Four Days, starring Gordon Pinsent and Lawrence Dane, was one of the first Canadian features to be sold to American network TV. Last year his critically acclaimed Why Men Rape achieved one of the highest TV ratings for a documentary special. Jackson is currently developing feature co-productions for the NFB with Canadian independent producers.
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Paris Salutes Godbout
Still taking bows following the publication of his latest book, Les tétes a Papineau, NFB filmmaker Jacques Godbout was honored in Paris this January by a retrospective of his films. The program was organized by the Canadian embassy and held at the Centre culturel canadien. Included in Godbout’s many credits are the feature films /XE13, Kid Sentiment, La Gammick, and YUL-871. He has just com
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pleted Distorsions,adocumentary on the information gap between the third world and “us” and has begun work on a film about the North-South “monologue” using Canada and Haiti to reflect the relationship between rich and poor countries.
New Catalogue Released
The Multi-Media Studio has just released its latest catalogue, Learning Resource Materials, published by the studio's distributor, Mcintyre Educational Media. This edition is packed with slides and sound filmstrip titles on fine arts, famous Canadians, pioneer life, urban history and countless other subjects related to curricula from kindergarten through — high school. NFB filmstrips are used in schools across Canada. Their success verifies Executive Producer Doug MacDonald's conviction that “The picture doesn’t have to move to be a moving picture.” The days of static filmstrips are gone.
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