Film Night Thursday April 7: HIST 4302 students present documentaries

The students in Michael Ostroff’s class, HIST 4302 – “Canada: Ideas & Culture – Making Documentary History,” will be presenting their final documentaries on April 7th, 2015, at 7:00pm in 100 St. Patrick’s Building.

The screening will be adjudicated by Professors Dominique Marshall, David Dean and Pamela Walker. “We have four outstanding works,” Ostroff noted. “The jury will be tested!”

The winners will be announced at a reception following the screening. They will receive an an award at the Underhill Undergraduate History Colloquium on Friday April 8 at 1:30 PM in the History Lounge.

All are welcome.

For examples of previous documentaries on YouTube, see Student Projects on the Carleton History website.

Documentaries to be screened:

Mopping Up

Filip Konowal was a Victoria Cross winner who became a convicted murderer. To many he was a hero turned madman. His life took him from the Great War, to court, to an asylum, and finally to the halls of Parliament Hill.

Student Producers: Kyle Begin, Clarissa Fortin, William Teal and Cody Mackay.

Featuring: Lubomyr Luciuk, professor at Royal Military College, specializing in Ukrainian history.

child cycling in front of armoured vehicles

Extraordinary Measures

Pierre Laporte is dead. James Cross is missing. Under the War Measures Act, 465 people will be arrested and held without charge. Legacy is a documentary that asks the question, who were the kidnap victims?

Student Producers: Heather Bradley, Nikki Wiart, Brea Elford and Rory Kyte.

Featuring: Terry Mosher (Aislin), Serge Mongeau, and Andrew Cohen.

I Did It All For You

They escaped in boats not knowing if they would ever make it to safety. Vietnam didn’t want them, Malaysia didn’t want them and many Canadian cities didn’t want them. This is the story of how Ottawa took in half of Vietnamese Boat People allocated to Canada in 1979.

Student Producers: Sabrina Nemis, Amina Egeh, Ryan Pickering, Jenn Ko

Canadian Pacific steam locomotive "1201"

Losing Steam
(Working Title)

More than a decade after the railways discontinue the use of steam locomotives, a crew of passionate railroaders struggle to maintain the Canadian Pacific “1201” as an operating symbol of the past.

Student Producers: Amanda Gregorio, Ashley Metzger, Kendra Matthews-Gramer and Rian Manson.

Featuring: John Corby, Phil Jago, Paul Bown, Gerald E Gaugl and Kerry Badgley