Projecting Canada: Government Policy and Documentary Film at the National Film Board

The National Film Board of Canada, now in its seventh decade, is internationally acclaimed as a beacon of non-commercial filmmaking. In Projecting Canada Zoë Druick shows that the NFB, born out of a nation-building project, continues to be inextricably involved in the crises of nation, technology, and social scientific knowledge that shape the Canadian cultural landscape.

Based on newly uncovered archival information and a close reading of numerous NFB films, Projecting Canada explores the N...