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at this time the Canadian government had founded a media corporation to produce propaganda and entertainment to the evolving Canadian society
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Founded under the terms of the National Film Act, It was originally designed as a modestly staff advisory board, but demands of the war helped the (NFB) overtake the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau.
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Appointed as the first film commissioner we a man named John Greirson
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So far the NFB has won 70 awards in total spanning from 1941 - 2007, these awards pay tribute to Canadian production and the history of our commercial and television use.
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The NFB had expanded into one of the worlds largest film studios with a staff of 787 and more than 500 movies produced including propaganda series
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John Grierson resigned and was replaced by Ross McLean who suffered difficulties when claimed the NFB was harboring left-wing subversives. Later in 1950 Ross was replaced by Arthur Irwin.
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The revision's purpose in the 1950's was to separate the National Film Board from government control.
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In Quebec city the NFB was viewed as a government agency who restricted Quebec from their cultural aspirations.
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Arthur Irwin initiated a new National Film Act along modern bureaucratic lines and aimed to move the NFB from Ottawa to Montreal, but was completed by his successor Albert Trueman
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Since the NFB moved to Montreal french culture started to rise and trust in the motion picture industry, because of this many french film makers started to emerge.
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During the late 1960's first nations where able to access NFB equipment to make their own movies. Movies like; Girl Cardinal's Foster Child (1987), and Alanis Obomsawin's Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
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After a series of protests, the NFB was forced to replace the commissioner with Guy Roberge.
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The very first time women had full roles in television series
- En tant que femmes (1972-75)
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Regional production centers where built in regions all around Canada in a means to encourage filmmakers.
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During the 1990's the NFB had some major budget cuts, these cuts impacted the film industry for filmmakers across Canada making it difficult to produce movies.
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NFB was continuing to win prizes; Richard Condie's La Salla (1997), Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis's When the Day Breaks (1999), Cordell Barker's Strange Invaders (2001).
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A new film commissioner Jacques Bensimon emphasized on digital production.
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Making use of the internet the NFB won a Webby award for Kevin McMahon's Waterlife.
