Candid Eye
| Candid Eye | |
|---|---|
| Genre | documentary |
| Directed by | Terence Macartney-Filgate |
| Narrated by | Stanley Jackson |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tom Daly |
| Producer(s) |
Wolf Koenig Roman Kroitor |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | National Film Board of Canada |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC Television |
| Original release | 26 October – 7 December 1958 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Documentary '60 |
Candid Eye is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958.
Production
This series aired various National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries such as Blood and Fire (about the Salvation Army), The Back-Breaking Leaf (about southern Ontario tobacco farming), The Days Before Christmas (filmed in Montreal) and Police (about Toronto's police force). The series was filmed with technically advanced portable cameras. Footage relied on observation, with interviews kept to a minimum.[1]
The executive producer of the series for the NFB was Tom Daly.[2]
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 October to 7 December 1958.
Legacy
Influenced by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Candid Eye series was one of the NFB's very first experiments in Cinéma vérité and has been credited as helping to inspire the cinema verite documentary movement.[3]
References
- ↑ Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Candid Eye". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ Brownstein, Bill (5 October 2011). "Looking back on the work of Tom Daly". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ Aitken, Ian (October 27, 2005). Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. p. 168. ISBN 978-1579584450.
External links
- Allan, Blaine (1996). "Candid Eye". Queen's University. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Candid Eye at the National Film Board of Canada