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In the Reign of Twilight

Item number (ISN):

235217

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1994-05-12/1994-06-09

Item number (ISN):

235217

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

PRIMITIVE FEATURES INC.

Accession:

1995-0131

Media:

Video

Original title:

In the Reign of Twilight

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1994-05-12/1994-06-09

Release date:

1994-09-25

Production company:

Primitive Features Inc.

Production credit:

director/scenario, Kevin McMahon; producer, Michael McMahon; photography, Mark Willis; sound, Jack Buchanan; editing, Marvin Lawrence; music, Kurt Swinghammer; narrator, Meryn Cadell

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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The Cold War lifted the Arctic from the remote wilderness and dropped it centre-stage in the greatest drama that never was. Forever the territory had been ignored by Canada and seen as an exotic backlot by the United States. Suddenly it seemed crucial to the security of both - but in very different ways.~The Americans saw it as a strategic interest; a listening post, a launching pad, a buffer zone. For exactly that reason, Canada began to see it as a cherished symbol of the true north, strong and free. Beginning in the 1950s and for the four decades that followed, neither country spared any expense in trying to hammer these abstract visions of the landscape into the permafrost.~The Americans send planeloads of military technology and the Canadians, in turn, sent shiploads of bureaucrats. Together they built a glass bubble of modernity and dropped in on top of the Inuit.~The film blends interviews with three generations of Inuit, a portrait of modern life in the north and a history, using archival film, tracing the political development of the Eastern Arctic from the start of the Cold War to the creation of Nunavut. Stylized in the tradition of the documentary of ideas, the feature-length film is a look at the struggles around mythologies, territories, and modes of survival at the dawn of a new millennium. <87mn 32s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced in association with TVOntario.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

262957

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9508-0007

Number of items:

1

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

430462

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-09-0020

Number of items:

1

Duration:

117:32

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

718293

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

235217.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2006-09-0058

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

718297

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

235217.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2006-09-0058

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

980945

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2006-09-0058

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V1 9508-0007
V4 9007-0010

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9508-0007
V1 2006-09-0020

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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