Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood Essays

  • Monologue Of An African Canadian Film Maker

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    Cover letter. My name I is xxxxxxxx a am an African Canadian Film maker who immigrated to Canada since 2010 as refugee. I am a  Scriptwriter and Video editor living in Edmonton.  I wrote Culprits, a feature-length film screenplay that deals with the tragedy and complexities of human trafficking here in Canada and worldwide and then produced a short film  about  it . It is the culmination of the growing concern that I have about the prevalence of trafficking in our country. (Canada) I am submitting

  • The Film Industry In The 1920s

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    years of fighting, Canadians celebrated the end of the Great War. Many returned to the country early in 1919, only to be brought down by the lack of employment and other disappointments. However, slowly, good times returned back to Canada, as the country ushered into a new era known as the “Roaring Twenties”. Many Canadians participated in the good life as the wealthy, as well as average families had more money to spend. Economic prosperity and technological advances brought Canadians pleasure to their

  • Walt Disney Biography Essay

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    USA. Date of Death : 15 December 1966 -BIOGRAPHY During a 43-year Hollywood career, which spanned the development of the motion picture medium as a modern American art, Walter Elias Disney, a modern Aesop, established himself and his product as a genuine part of Americana. David Low, the late British political cartoonist, called Disney "the most significant figure in graphic arts since Leonardo DaVinci." A pioneer and innovator, and the possessor of one of the most fertile imaginations the

  • Biography of William Faulkner

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    Faulkner was profoundly affected by his family. Faulkner's great grandfather, Colonel William Falkner (Faulkner added the "u" to his name), was born in 1825 and moved to Mississippi at the age of 14. He was a lawyer, writer, politician, soldier, and pioneer who was involved in several murder trials - including two in which he was accused - and was a best-selling novelist. During the Civil War he recruited a (Confederate) regiment and was elected its colonel, but his arrogance caused his troop to demote