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From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: NFB of Canada, was: Police actively HELP Hamas supporters ...
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 12:35:28 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <101c0km$3rn78$13@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[big snippeth]

>Seriously? Do you really believe we prevent our pundits' videos from 
>being seen outside the country? ;-)

I'll give it a try.  Again, though, two decades ago
they would NOT send the DVDs to the States and I had
to ask a friend in Ontario, etc.

NOTE: a decade or so earlier the US, in what would
clearly be a First Amendment violation, *blocked*
a couple of their films from crossing the border.

One was a global warming documentary (don't recall
the specifics) which got someone or another pissed.

I know there was going to be a battle about it
but wasn't following the situation closely enough
to recall what happened.

>Again, I have no idea if the National Film Board geo-blocks the films 
>you can see online so I want you to try this: go to 
>https://www.nfb.ca/channels/exploredocs_new_releases_en/ and click on 
>one of the films there. It doesn't matter which one, we're just trying 
>to see if it will play for a user with an American IP address. Let me 
>know what happens.

I'll give it a try from one of my other systems when
I have a moment.  This specific one has plenty
of safety/lockdown features...

>By the way, if you ever get the chance, check out the NFB offices in 
>Canada. The NFB is headquartered in Montreal and I was there on business 
>once and had a bit of free time at one point so I went to the NFB 
>office. I was intrigued to find that you could watch a selection of 
>films right there in the office. They had special chairs with TV screens 
>fixed to them and each chair had a separate feed. Each visitor could 
>watch something different.

Thanks.  When we were in Toronto pre-Covid there were tours
showing off the Murdoch Mysteries sites, but alas, we
couldn't work it into our schedule.

>Oh, I almost forgot, I deeply amused a Jewish friend a few years ago 
>when I found an NFB film on YouTube that was an animated telling of a 
>Jewish folk tale set in some past century. It was about a Jew somewhere 
>in Eastern Europe - very possibly Poland - who was setting out on a long 
>journey on foot. He didn't really know his way to his destination and at 
>the end of the first day, he decided to go to sleep on the side of the 
>road but didn't want to forget which way to go the next morning so he 
>set up his shoes to point in the appropriate direction. Anyway, my 
>friend knew this story very well and was impressed that it had been filmed.

Sounds like a character from Chelm...  (I'm not familiar
with that specific story but it sounds like the type
that woudl have been making the rounds...)

>Out of curiousity, I just tried a couple of YouTube searches - "NFB 
>Jewish" and "NFB animated" and found all kinds of both films. Unless 
>they're geo-blocked you may find the documentaries you were looking for.

Thanks again.

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