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Studio D: a perspective

Item is a poster for a program of lectures, films, and videos on women's history produced by the studio, presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from October to December 1998.
Debert bunker : by invitation only : [digital video] / Liz MacDougall

Debert bunker : by invitation only : [digital video] / Liz MacDougall

Item is a 30-minute video produced and directed by Liz MacDougall while she was a member at the Centre for Art Tapes and a student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

In this video documentary, set outside a military base in Debert, Nova Scotia on 29 February 1984, five women's Peace groups converge to call attention to an Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) test drill coordinated with multiple NATO bunkers simulating a nuclear attack on North America. For this drill, selected officials (329 men and only 11 women) were invited into Debert’s underground bunker.

At its core, NATO’s goal during a nuclear attack was to maintain continuity of Government with no provision for the protection of the population they govern. Outside the bunker, members of five non-violent feminist activist groups point out, through street theatre, rituals, waving signs and shouting, the deadly irony of this NATO strategy to rehearse for nuclear war.

Inter-cut with scenes of the day-long protest are interviews with representatives from each group comically punctuated with news footage, photographs, live radio, and film clips explaining nuclear defense strategy. Throughout this day of action women debunk the NATO strategy which would have us believe we can survive nuclear war and ultimately demand an end to the nuclear threat and to militarism.

The documentary features interviews with John Bouris, Ginny Green, Kate McKenna, Donna Smyth, Deborah Westerberg, and CBC’s Peter Gzowski interviewing Dr. Mutandis (played by Pat Kipping) live on location at Debert.

Documentary video was originally produced on U-matic 3/4 inch tape. MacDougall digitally remastered the video in 2014.

Debert bunker : by invitation only / Liz MacDougall

Item is a 30-minute video produced and directed by Liz MacDougall while she was a member at the Centre for Art Tapes and a student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

In this video documentary, set outside a military base in Debert, Nova Scotia on 29 February 1984, five women's Peace groups converge to call attention to an Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) test drill coordinated with multiple NATO bunkers simulating a nuclear attack on North America. For this drill, selected officials (329 men and only 11 women) were invited into Debert’s underground bunker.

At its core, NATO’s goal during a nuclear attack was to maintain continuity of Government with no provision for the protection of the population they govern. Outside the bunker, members of five non-violent feminist activist groups point out, through street theatre, rituals, waving signs and shouting, the deadly irony of this NATO strategy to rehearse for nuclear war.

Inter-cut with scenes of the day-long protest are interviews with representatives from each group comically punctuated with news footage, photographs, live radio, and film clips explaining nuclear defense strategy. Throughout this day of action women debunk the NATO strategy which would have us believe we can survive nuclear war and ultimately demand an end to the nuclear threat and to militarism.

The documentary features interviews with John Bouris, Ginny Green, Kate McKenna, Donna Smyth, Deborah Westerberg, and CBC’s Peter Gzowski interviewing Dr. Mutandis (played by Pat Kipping) live on location at Debert.

Documentary video was originally produced on U-matic 3/4 inch tape. MacDougall digitally remastered the video in 2014.

Drug warriors

Item consists of a video recording by Connie Littlefield entitled "Drug Warriors". The video is a trailer for a proposed documentary which was eventually funded by the National Film Board, and the trailer was created on a CFAT scholarship.

Littlefield, Connie

Madam Ada

Item consists of a video recording entitled "Madam Ada: More Class, Than Class" by Lulu Keating, which is a documentary about Halifax's Ada MCCullum.

Keating, Lulu

Documentaries produced at the Centre

Item consists of a video recording of various documentaries produced at the Centre for Art Tapes. The recording features: "M.D.M" (36 min., 47 sec.), "Architecture in Motion" (20 min., 8 sec.), "Drug Warriors Research Footage" (6 min., 45 sec.), "My Mother’s House" (21 min., 52 sec.), and "Miss Canadiana comes to Halifax" (16 min., 27 sec.).

Koehler, Marie

6015 willow

Item consists of the film "6015 Willow" directed by Mark Mullane. The film is a story about community, a house, and a very long weekend, and is a musical documentary show in Halifax in 2007. A Snapshot of the city’s indie music scene. Director of Photography: Greg Boone; Edit: Evan Elliot, Paul Hammond; Produced: Paul, Hammond, Jeffrey Parker; Directed by Mark Mullane.

Mullane, Mark

Cooking in Italy

Item consists of video recordings of Tonia Di Rissio's "Cooking in Italy". The tapes features 13 different episodes.

Di Risio, Tonia

Media souvenir

Item consists of a video recording entitled "Media Souvenir". The tape features: Tape 1: "Huanmangua" by Claire Hodge (2 min.), "Lavandaria" by Catherine Bussiere (4 min.), "Taste of Taiwan" by Angela Thibodeau (16 min., 18 sec.), "A Bad Hair Day (re-edit)" by Meesoo Lee (7 min.,20 sec.), "The Moon’s Pyramid" by Venus Sobreanes (8 min., 30 sec.), "Sky ranch" by Sheridan Shindruk (4 min.), "Vietnam" by Khanhyhuan Tran (8 min.), "Itinerary" by Philip Jonlin Lee (5 min.), "You are Here/ We are There" by Erika MacPherson (2 min., 8 sec.). Tape 2: "Motel to Motel" by Ryan Stec (6 min., 24 sec.), "Rules of the Road" by Deborah VanSlet (11 min., 47 sec.) and "Moonshot" by Meesoo Lee (4 min., 34 sec.).

Nelson Henricks interview

Item consists of a video recording of a interview with Nelson Henricks on June 2, 2000 at CFAT which included a general discussion of work, history, themes, including “Planetarium” audiences and description.

Henricks, Nelson

Networking cabaret, tape 1 and 2

Item consists of a video recording by the Centre for Art Tapes of their "Networking Cabaret". The video features the set-up and preparation for the event, the performances of the cabaret, backstage footage and after-party.

Artist presentation

Item consists of a video recording by Natalie Bookchin entitled "Artist Presentation". The video is a documentation of artist’s presentation on her work utilizing the internet.

Bookchin, Natalie

Front page challenged

Item consists of a video recording by Rick Warden entitled "Front Page Challenged". The video is about the Mehan Hrarran case, who talks about deportation on Canadian citizens on vacation in U.S. to Syria, where he was held and tortured. Uses old footage from 1960s tv show “Front Page Challenge”

Warden, Rick

First voices

Item consists of a video recording entitled "First Voices" which is a documentary film that tells stories of 6 aboriginal youth from Atlantic Canada and Latin America

Discovering Spryfield

Item consists of a video recording entitled "Discovering Spryfield". The tape features: "Governor’s Brook - Back on the Map", "No Boundaries", "Spryfield Spirit" and "Guardian Ancestors".

Breaking the cycle

Item consists of a video recording by Sobaz Benajmin entitled "Breaking the Cycle". North Preston boasts some of the most gifted singers in Atlantic Canada, if not in Canada. Yet few have been able to capture the international limelight. In this short documentary, it showcases some of the performers from North Preston, the oldest indigenous black community in Canada, who are working to break this cycle. This project was an outreach project organized by Moving Images Group in collaboration with CFAT. The aim was to bring video production to a community. The project was written, shot and directed collectively.

Benjamin, Sobaz

Beyond pyramids

Item consists of a video recording by Aube Giroux entitled "Beyond Pyramids". The video is a documentary film that investigates the environmental and cultural impacts Egypt's tourism industry.

Giroux, Aube

Braindamadj’d: Take II

Item consists of a video recording entitled "Braindamadj’d: Take II". The description accompanying the video states: "Paul Nadler, a creative force in the Montreal television industry, suffers a brain injury and is found naked, on the verge of death, on a roadside in Egypt. This film traces the excruciating process of Nadler’s recovery."

Untitled

Item consists of a video recording by Michelle Irving that features "1. Performance video 1998, 2. Performance video 1997, 3. 3rd Floor Closet Inst. 1998, 4. Closet Inst. 1997".

Irving, Michelle

The young company

Item consists of an audio recording by Trio Collectif et Cie, featuring on side A, "Cellules", "Tutti", "Par-Contre", and "Turbulences", and on side B, "Labyrinthe", "Lithanie III", and "Irisation". Trio Collectif et Cie features B. Donzel-Gargand, P. Ehrnrooth, and P. Moenne-Loccoz. The audiocassette was recorded live in concert on November 21, 1990 at The Church by D. Barteaux.

Halifax Dance Company

Black women : we're still standing

Item consists of a collaborative video project produced by black Haligonian women for the Halifax-Jamaica Exchange Program. Through archival photographs, film footage and newspaper clippings the history of the black population of Nova Scotia is recounted. Contemporary poverty and discrimination are shown to have a long history beginning with slavery and broken promises.

Jamaica Women's Exchange Project

Gunning the economy

Item consists of a video recording by Kathleen Flanagan entitled "Gunning the Economy". The video offers a brief socio-economic analysis of the structure of arms production and consumption as it relates to Nova Scotia and underdeveloped nations.

Fisherman to fisherman

Item consists of a video recording, "Fisherman to fisherman". The video was descirbed by CFAT as: "Until 1976, with the overthrow of the Sandinista regime, the Nicaraguan government paid little attention to their in-shore fisheries. Now fishermen face the challenge of improving their methods and distribution structure. Through creative sharing of knowledge and equipment, Atlantic Canadian fishermen and OXFAM are helping Nicaraguan fishermen improve their industry. Fisherman to Fisherman is a touching and thorough document of the active professional and cultural exchange between two fishermen of these two nations."

Flanagan, Kathleen

De pecheur a pecheur

Item consists of two video recordings, one in english "Fisherman to fisherman" and the other in french "De pecheur a pecheur". The video was descirbed by CFAT as: "Until 1976, with the overthrow of the Sandinista regime, the Nicaraguan government paid little attention to their in-shore fisheries. Now fishermen face the challenge of improving their methods and distribution structure. Through creative sharing of knowledge and equipment, Atlantic Canadian fishermen and OXFAM are helping Nicaraguan fishermen improve their industry. Fisherman to Fisherman is a touching and thorough document of the active professional and cultural exchange between two fishermen of these two nations."

Flanagan, Kathleen

Fish or cut bait

Items consist of a video recording depicting a story of people fihgting for their livelihoods and a more sustaining way of life. Through interviews and archival footage, this video documents the historic struggle of Atlantic fishermen. The video was produced at the Centre for Art Tapes in 1989.

Burger, Tom

Canada for Canadians

Item consists of a video recording which was constructed to combat Conservative government propaganda. The video pictures Canada as a strong and proud nation that features interviews with prominent Canadians who state their reservations with the Free Trade Policy, which the Mulroney government has attempted to denigrate all opposition to the policy with the United States.

Canadian Film Centre Productions

Out of the centre

Item consists of a video recording produced by Halifax Cable, directed by Cathy Busby, edited by Steve O'Keefe and cable produced by Jim McInnis. The video features interviews with Joe Blades, Ann Vayall, Steve O'Keefe, Chris Words and Chris Callaghan.

Busby, Cathy, 1958-

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