The Magical Eye
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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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Edited by John GareauShot by Terence Macartney Filgate
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14 unique people credited
Top billed cast
William Whitehead
as Narrated by
Daphne Lilly Anstey
as Self - Former Film Editor
Louis Applebaum
as Self - Composer
Denys Arcand
as Self - Film Director
Ronald Blumer
as Self - Writer
Donald Brittain
as Self - Film Director
Red Burns
as Self - New York University
Gary Evans
as Self - Historian
Claude Fournier
as Self - Film Director
Larry Gosnell
as Self - Television Producer
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