CIN301Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Maurice Duplessis, Albert Tessier, Jean Lesage
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Shared set of dilemmas for emerging national cinemas: How to speak for the nation and themselves. How to unite concrete social dimension with metaphysical aspirations of characters. In 1927, the laurier palace fire tragedy results in further censorship. Children under 16 barred admission to theaters until 1961. Premier maurice duplessis and the catholic church conjoined to produce a strict moral code. Conditions of possibility for the emergence of le direct and cin ma qu b cois. A period of intense socio-political and socio-cultural change in qu bec. Typically refers to the efforts made by the liberal governments of jean lesage and robert bourassa. Division of political sphere into separatist and federalist factions. Importance of film societies (cine clubs) and publications to debate and cinema"s high profile. In 1956, the office national du film (onf) and the national film board of. "we said to ourselves: the english have a very rigid outlook on the cinema.
