Canadian cinema has historically occupied a unique, highly contested space in global film studies. Positioned adjacent to the cultural hegemon of Hollywood, Canadian filmmakers have struggled against structural exclusion, low national viewership, and a persistent
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Tax Shelter Era: When Canadian Cinema Got Popular
“There are now many Canadian films, but there aren’t too many good ones are there?” The above quote was spoken in 1980 by then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau at a black-tie film industry event. Whereas
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