Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Contributors xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Geography and Myth in Paul Tomkowicz: Coordinates of National Identity 13
7. The Days before Christmas and the Days before That 31
8. From Obscurity in Ottawa to Fame in Freedomland: Lonely Boy and the Cultural Meaning of Paul Anka 48
9. Images and Information: The Dialogic Structure of Bûcherons de la Manouane by Arthur Lamothe 61
10. Linking Community Renewal to National Identity: The Filmmakers’ Role in Pour la suite du monde 71
11. Dark Satanic Mills: Denys Arcand’s On est au coton 87
12. Performing the Master Narratives: Michael Rubbo’s Waiting for Fidel 103
13. Hard Film to Define – Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry 115
14. Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography – Tabloid Rhetoric in Interventionist Documentary 131
15. Voyage en Amérique avec un cheval emprunté: A Journey of the Mind 148
16. Queer Cinema at the NFB: The ‘Strange Case’ of Forbidden Love 164
17. ‘This Land Is Ours’ – Storytelling and History in Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance 181
18. Hyperbolic Masculinity and the Ironic Gaze in Project Grizzly 197
19. Sympathetic Understanding in Tu as crié Let Me Go 211
20. Filmography 227
21. Works Cited 231
22. Index of Film Titles 243
23. General Index 245