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The Magical Eye

1989 46 min
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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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The Magical Eye

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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.

  • 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

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