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Media & Society, Part 3: Cultural Sovereignty; Shaping Information

• 1992 ----- color ----- 95 min ----- vhs
• (Produced by the National Film Board of Canada) Deals with the connections between moving images and cultural identity and sovereignty. 11. Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939--1953 (Excerpts): Introduces our image-making history--or lack of it--by featuring scenes from early films depicting Hollywood's version of Canada.(2 min) 12. Magic in the Sky (Version): Investigates the impact of television on the Inuit people of the Canadian North and documents the setting up of an indigenous television network.(21 min) 13. The Question of Television Violence (Excerpt): A discussion starter taken f rom a 1972 hearing on the U.S. Surgeon General's Report Television and Growing Up: The Impact of Tevlevision Violence Deals with the connections between media, politics and ideology.(6 min) 14. "E": An animated political fable with an "opera comique" soundtrack is, among other things, a blackly humourous study of how those with power are able to shape the way in which people see and understand the world.(7 min) 15. History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election (Version): Focuses on several journalists who, for eight grueling weeks, follow the campaign trail of a federal election.(23 min) 16. Only the News That Fits (Version): Shows the forces shaping the reporting of actual events in Nicaragua for telecast on the ABC Evening News.(30 min) (Donated by the Department of Canadian Studies) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Advertising, Art, Audiovisual Education, Canadian Studies, Communications, Sociology, Television)

		Educational Media Collection risimiki@u.washington.edu Modified: January 11, 2007