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Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

NATIONAL CANADIAN FILM DAY: BACK TO GOD’S COUNTRY after 100 Years

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019OpinionBack to God's Country, God's Country and the Woman, National Canadian Film Day, Nell Shipman

If Nell Shipman isn’t a household name or at the very least a part of every Canadian film history curriculum, she certainly ought to be. There’s certainly no better time to discover the woman who

The Legacy of Nell Shipman

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019OpinionBack to God's Country, Ernest Shipman, Nell Shipman

In my recent list of the Top 5 Canadian Actresses, which consisted mostly of figures still very much alive to this day, the top spot was claimed by Mary Pickford, whose pioneering influence both during

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