Movie Showman
1989-01-01 | 29 minutes
Plot Summary
This short film portrays the NFB's itinerant projectionists during the '40s and early '50s who travelled throughout Canada, bringing films and discussions to rural communities. The film uses a mix of dramatic re-enactments with archival footage and interviews with veterans of the movie circuit to shed light on an important period in Canadian film history.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Zombiemania
-
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
-
At the Drive-In
-
Looking Back on Boudu Saved from Drowning
-
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
-
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
-
Familiar Spirits
-
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
-
Disney: Through the Looking Glass
-
Comrades in Dreams
-
100 Years of the UFA
-
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
-
The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray
-
TruInside: Election
-
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
-
A Profile of 'The Red Shoes'
-
Who Was The Third Man...?
-
A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
-
A Profile of 'Black Narcissus'
-
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'