‘At the centre of it all are the children’: Aboriginal Childhoods and the National Film Board

Alternate Title

"At the center of it all are the children"

Uses NFB productions to illustrate the changing attitudes toward Aboriginal people, specifically Aboriginal children, in the films, Pied Piper of the Three R's (1953), Kevin Alec (1977), and Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Metis Child (1986).

Author/Creator

Heather Norris Nicholson

Open Access

Yes

Primary Source

No

Citation

London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, Quality, Equality & Inequality, 2001/2002, pp. 73-100

Publication Date

2001/2002

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