Screening Nature and Nation The Environmental Documentaries of the National Film Board, 1939-1974

• Main Author: Clemens, Michael D. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2022
• Subjects: Film theory & criticism; documentaries; documentary film; agricultural films; Canadian Wildlife Service; Canadian filmmakers; Challenge for Change; Christopher Chapman; Evelyn Cherry; conservation; environmentalism; nation-building; Radford Crawley; James Bay; Indigenous filmmakers; environmental films; Larry Gosnell; John Grierson; high modernism; Bill Mason; National Film Board of Canada; National Parks; Northern Films; Nature Films; Boyce Richardson; Doug Wilkinson
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The stunning portrayals of the Canadian landscape in the documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, not only influenced cinematic language but shaped our perception of the environment. In the early days of the organization, nature films produced by the NFB supported the Canadian go...