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 Wheatfi

Containing 24 essays, each on a different film, this work provides a fascinating historical account of the development of film and documentary traditions across

Melnyk argues passionately that Canadian cinema has never been a singular entity, but has continued to speak in the languages and in the voices of Canada's dive

Most Canadians are city dwellers, a fact often unacknowledged by twentieth-century Canadian films, with their preference for themes of wilderness survival or ru

Pioneering participatory, social change-oriented media, the program had a national and international impact on documentary film-making, yet this is the first co