Overview
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
Self - Narrator (voice)
Explore curated movies from various genres, from blockbusters to indie films.
Essential Exhibition
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
Richard Glazier: From Broadway to Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
In the Lost City
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
QT8: The First Eight
Blade of a Father, Soul of a Sword
Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo
James Bond in the Bahamas
Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise
Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
Shine a Light
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Comrades in Dreams
Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure