NO101 Chapter Notes -Pure Laine, Cinema Of Canada
Document Summary
Economically canada couldn"t sustain itself in the cinema industry. Lack of access to theatre, etc to broadcast the films (existed but were never seen: invisible cinema. Hollywood controlled (until 1970: nationalist agenda cbc/ nfb. Need to show diversity of the nation but also bind it together. Canadian public didn"t take to the films: american domination blamed. Minority cinema- foreign genre: canadian cinema- fragmentation. Myth of anglo-celtic/ quebecois foundation (pure laine) Take from the past but still aren"t seen (vanish into cyberspace) Separation of french/ english films: rely on where they are made to have a market/ audience. Need for us market: border towns- latino/a impacts. As the dominated group the stereotype creates racism/ fear against them. Challenge the status quo and the viewer"s belief of the people living on the border we have accepted the stereotypes. Stereotypes presented that don"t represent the actual country/ identity: cinema as means to construct identity/ borders (why/ why not?)
