The Magical Eye

198946 min 7 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Terence Macartney-Filgate

Production: Terence Macartney-FilgateDavid VerrallDouglas MacDonald

Script: William Whitehead

Co-produced by the NFB and the CBC.

Produced during the National Film Board of Canada's fiftieth anniversary year, The Magical Eye features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.

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Subject categories


  • Film and Video Arts > Historical PerspectivesNational Film Board of Canada
  • Technology Education > Communications and Technology
  • Media Education > Documentary FilmFilm and Video Production
  • Arts Education > Visual Arts

Credits


director
Terence Macartney-Filgate
camera
Terence Macartney-Filgate
producer
Terence Macartney-Filgate
David Verrall
executive producer
Douglas MacDonald
script
William Whitehead
narrator
William Whitehead
sound
Jacques Drouin
editing
John Gareau
sound editing
Robert St-Hilaire
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel