Canadian Cinema of the 1990s

A. Entrance Card: Name the three "pillars" or "experiences" of Canadian film talked about in the introduction read for class. What do these three have in common, according to the reading? Name at least one element.

B. Discuss Paris is Burning


C. Watch short film on Canadian film from earlier Wiki page.

D. Discuss Canadian film of the 1990s--see Wiki page.

From Syllabus:

8/9 Canadian Films of the 1990s: 


clips from Pump up the Volume (Allan Moyle, 1990), 


Black Robe(Sandy Wilson, 1991), 


Crash (1996, David Cronenberg), 


and The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)




 Entrance Card

Assignment: Read “The Beginning and the End” and “Foreign Land” in Cinema of Latin America for next week and prepare for EC.



Note: Draft of Paper I due on February 22




Thursday Film Screening: Fire (Deepa Mehta, 1996)