Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. llustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Putting Ideas into the World: A Conversation with Naomi Klein about Starting Conversations with Film xv
6. Introduction: Forty Years Later … a Space for Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle 3
7. Historical Spaces: in the Heat of the Action
8. Grierson and Challenge for Change (1984) 16
9. In the Hands of Citizens: A Video Report (1969) 24
10. Saint-Jérôme: The Experience of a Filmmaker as Social Animator (1968) 34
11. A Voice for Canadian Indians: An Indian Film Crew (1968) 38
12. Fiction Film as Social Animator (1971-72) 41
13. Working with Film: Experiences with a Group of Films about Working Mothers (1975) 52
14. Memo to Michelle about Decentralizing the Means of Production (1972) 61
15. Can We Evaluate Challenge for Change? (1972) 66
16. Community Spaces: Filming at the Margins
17. Media for the People: The Canadian Experiments with Film and Video in Community Development (1992) 73
18. Cities for Change: The Housing Challenge 103
19. The En tant que femmes Series, the Film Souris, tu m’inquiètes, and the Imaging of Women’s Consciousness in 1970s Quebec 117
20. Le mouton noir: Vidéographe and the Legacy of Société nouvelle 136
21. The Things I Cannot Change: A Revisionary Reading 149
22. Screen Spaces: Spotlight on the Films and Filmmakers
23. You Are on Indian Land: Interview with George Stoney (1980) 169
24. Cree Hunters of Mistassini: Challenge for Change and Aboriginal Rights 180
25. “Nation Time” at Kwacha House: The Transitional Modalities of Encounter at Kwacha House - Halifax 190
26. The Films of Maurice Bulbulian: Science and Conscience 201
27. The Curious Case of Wilf: Popular Music in Canadian Documentary 210
28. Portapak as Performance: VTR St-Jacques and VTR Rosedale 218
29. Bonnie Klein, Saul Alinsky, and the American Experience 234
30. Michel Régnier’s “Films-Outil” 242
31. Léonard Forest and Acadia 251
32. Filmmaker as History: The Interventionist Films of Martin Duckworth 259
33. Les filles du Roy 269
34. In Praise of Anomaly: Le bonhomme and Rose’s House 277
35. Getting Close and Staying Far: Pierre Lasry and the Solo Moms 285
36. Paper Wheat: Alternative Theatre Meets Alternative Filmmaking 295
37. “Would I Ever Like to Work”: The “Working Mothers” Films and the Construction of Community 303
38. O, Canada! George Stoney’s Challenge (1999) 314
39. Discursive Spaces: Theorizing Challenge for Change/Société Nouvelle
40. Société nouvelle: The Challenge to Change in the Alternative Public Sphere (1996) 325
41. Meeting at the Poverty Line: Government Policy, Social Work, and Media Activism in the Challenge for Change Program 337
42. Amateur Video and the Challenge for Change (1995) 354
43. Video: The Politics of Culture and Community (1996) 366
44. Winds and Things: Towards a Reassessment of the Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle Legacy 389
45. “If a Revolution Is Screened and No One Is There to See It, Does It Make a Sound?” The Politics of Distribution and Counterpublics 404
46. Conclusion: Contemporary Reincarnations
47. Filmmaker-in-Residence: The Digital Grandchild of Challenge for Change 427
48. Thirty Years and Twelve Thousand Miles Away … 443
49. Challenge for Change/Société Nouvelle: The Complete Filmography 453
50. Comprehensive Bibliography 513
51. Contributors 539
52. Index 549