Democracy à la Maude / Bullfrog Films presents ; the National Film Board of Canada presents ; directed by Patricia Kearns ; producers, Annette Clarke, Signe Johansson ; writer, Erna Buffie.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kearns, Patricia, film director.

Clarke, Annette, film producer.

Johansson, Signe, film producer.

Buffie, Erna, screenwriter.

Steele, Geneviève, narrator.

National Film Board of Canada, production company.

Bullfrog Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barlow, Maude.

Women political activists--Canada.

Women political activists.

Women social reformers--Canada.

Women social reformers.

Council of Canadians.

Newspapers--Ownership.

Newspapers.

Canada.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (61 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2018]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

A study of Maude Barlow, head of the largest citizen's group in Canada, the Council of Canadians, as she and the Council bring a court action against the takeover of the Southam newspapers by Conrad Black. Talks about her family background, the ideas and influences that led her to where she is, and the ideas of "corporate rule" that she fights against.

Participant:

Narrator, Geneviève Steele.

Credits:

Editor, Alison Burns ; cinematography, Zoe Dirse, Barry Perles ; music composer, Jeff Johnston.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1997; previously released in 1998.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 4, 2018).

Publisher Number:

bf-maude Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.