Director: D. Brittain, B. Duncan
National Film Board of Canada. 1991. $26.95
Length: 50 minutes
Audience: High School, Post-Secondary
Topics: public radio

Family offers an affectionate behind-the-scenes look at CBC Radio, and the people and programs heard by Canadians coast-to-coast. Cinema verité style footage of Peter Gzowski of Morningside, Michael Enright and Alan Maitland of As It Happens, Vicki Gabereau and Clyde Gilmour, the Royal Canadian Air Farce performing live - all these are brought to the screen with warmth and appreciation. Family could be used in media studies and Canadian studies courses to talk about the Canadian tradition of a national radio network, the role of the CBC in bringing the country together, on the pros and cons of public radio versus private radio stations.

Family can be ordered online from the National Film Board.