Camera Canada

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Camera Canada
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producerThom Benson
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release13 November 1961 (1961-11-13) –
14 January 1963 (1963-01-14)

Camera Canada was a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1961 to 1963.

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Premise

This was an occasional series of documentaries concerning modern Canadian history, filmed by various producers. It was inspired by the results of various CBC documentaries broadcast in mid-1960.

Scheduling

The series was randomly scheduled approximately once per month between 13 November 1961 and 14 January 1963. Camera Canada episodes were generally hour-long productions which were frequently broadcast on Mondays, usually in place of the normal Festival time slot. [1]

Episodes

Controversy

"Ciao Maria", broadcast in January 1963, portrayed the lives of some selected Italian-Canadians. However, the portrayal of that community drew outrage from Toronto Italian community leaders such as broadcaster Johnny Lombardi and Toronto Roman Catholic priest Emmanuel Faraone. They complained that the documentary provided a distorted, low-brow view of Italians and failed to show the community's positive moral and cultural attributes. [4]

After the end of this series, the CBC produced documentaries in anticipation of the 1967 Canadian Centennial under the Canada 98 , Canada 99 and Canada 100 titles.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 . University of Toronto Press. p.  406. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.
  2. ↑ "Today's TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 11 December 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "Camera Canada". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 . University of Toronto Press. pp.  421–422. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.
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