''New Film Makers'' is a
Canadian
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experimental short film television miniseries which was broadcast on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
in 1969.
Premise
Lyal Brown hosted the series which featured independent short films and interviews with their producers.
Chroma key technology was used to show excerpts from films as background for the interviews with filmmakers. Jack Vance developed the series concept, with research by Betty-Jean Beyer.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on most Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 April to 23 June 1969.
Episodes
# Conversation with Mort Ransen, producer of the National Film Board film ''
Christopher's Movie Matinée
''Christopher's Movie Matinée'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mort Ransen and released in 1968. Depicting the youth counterculture hippie movement in the Toronto district of Yorkville, the film was unusual in that it directly engag ...
'', featuring youth in Toronto. The full production was shown on CBC Television several days later
# Student films were the focus of this episode. From the McMaster Film Board, Jim Bennett's "Walk On" was featured. From Montreal, Gabriel Hoss and Serge Denko's "Caught in Rhythm" was shown.
# "Lords of Creation" (Gerald Robinson) and "Flowers" (Takehiko Kamei).
# Toronto film "Satan's Pipers" (Eric Young, Jon Slan).
# More Toronto films: ''
Rat Life and Diet in North America'' (
Joyce Wieland
Joyce Wieland (June 30, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist. Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s. In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and e ...
) with ''Electrocution of the Word'' (
Morley Markson).
# French-language productions were featured.
# Vancouver animated productions were featured such as ''Thank Heaven'' (Vancouver Art School) and ''Henry'' (Al Sens).
See also
* ''
Canadian Film Makers'' (1967)
* ''
Canadian Film Makers'' (1974)
* ''
Sprockets
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'' (1975–1976)
References
External links
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*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
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CBC Television original programming
1969 Canadian television series debuts
1969 Canadian television series endings