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Article: Memories of Maria: A Contribution to the Discussion on "The Image of the Working Class in Canadian Media".(filmmaker Allan King)(Transcript)
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- Take One
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Let me begin by saying what a pleasure it is to be able to review and discuss this film with you. A quarter of a century has passed since it was made and yet the dialogue, gestures and images are as vivid in my memory as my delight in the many gifts brought to it by its talented cast and crew. It was a very special time and most of us working on the film were keenly aware of it. I'll talk about that in a moment but first let me call to mind what the working class as an image meant to me.
I had little sense of an image of the working class in the Canadian media but I have vivid memories of my first notions about the working class as a child growing up. They were ...