Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early films of colonisation and white settlement such as The Wheatfields of Canada and Back to God's Country, to recent films like NO, LE ConfessionalMon Oncle Antoine, Grey Fox, Highway 61, Kanehsatake, and I've Heard the Mermaids Singing.
Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early films of colonisation and white settlement ...
Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early films of colonization and white settlement such as The Wheatfields of Canada and Back to God's Country, to more recent films like No, LE Confessional and Map of the Human Heart. Through a series of case studies - of both well-known and neglected films - Christopher Gittings uncovers the tensions in Canadian cinema between white Anglo and Native representations, and between Francophone and Anglo-Canadian narratives. Engaging with questions of inclusion and exclusion, race and representation,...
Canadian National Cinema explores the idea of the nation across Canada's film history, from early films of colonization and white settlement such as T...