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When a filmmaker decides to create a documentary about an artist, an essential question is raised: should the artist’s work or life be the main focus? How should a documentarian illuminate an artist’s contribution to culture and society? Discussing the issues are filmmakers Roz Owen (Portrait of Resistance: The Art and Activism of Carole Condé & Karl Beveridge), Matthew Akers (Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present) and Larry Weinstein (My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg).

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WINTER ISSUE #84

On the cover: Second-year students at Concordia University in Montreal. Photo by
by Nathan Oliver, courtesy of Concordia University.
POV INTERVIEW

Magnus Isacsson: Advocate and Auteur interviewed by Marc Glassman
Isacsson's compassionate and committed documentaries embrace issues concerning ecology, labour, the homeless and aboriginal rights. Glassman talks to him about his life and life's work.

Policy Matters: The social media push by Barri Cohen
Is there still an audience that watches TV in real time? If so, what does it mean? Cohen investigates.

2011 CANADIAN FILM SCHOOL SURVEY

School Days - Our annual look at Canada's film schools concentrates on model students and how they've reacted to the programmes they're taking.
Regional Reports:
Quebec and the Maritimes by Suzan Ayscough
Ontario and Manitoba by Victoria Ptashnick
BC and Alberta by Nancy Lanthier

DIOGENES DOCS: SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH

The Road to Truth by Melanie Sevcenko
What happened to the victims of Guantanamo - the supposed terrorists wrongly accused of misdeeds? Sevcenko looks at Thomas Wallner's searing The Guantanamo Trap and other films for answers.

Cautionary Tales: Ethics in Documentary by Pepita Ferrari
The dos and don'ts for documentarians keep on changing. Ferrari surveys and ethical minefield.

TOM DALY IN MEMORIAM

Remembering Tom by Mike Rubbo
A reminiscence of the recently deceased legendary doc producer Tom Daly by Rubbo, the award-winning director of many NFB classics, including Waiting for Fidel.

Tom Daly, Documentary Film Producer by Gary Evans
Film historian Evans puts Daly's contributions in context.

Freeze Frame by Lois Siegel
Tom Daly - a portrait.

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Winter/Education Issue: November 25, 2011

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