Celebrating the art, style, and history of the men and women that recorded our nation's cinematic past.

Charles Tepperman

Charles Tepperman is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary. Tepperman has published articles on early cinema in Canada and on non-theatrical film culture and technology. He is the author of Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960. Charles can be reached at ; cetepper at ucalgary.ca.

History·Pioneers

The Perfect Order of a Canadian Crowd: Cinema in Ottawa, 1894-1896

When projected moving pictures appeared for the first time in Ottawa during the summer of 1896, they were not greeted with the sort of uncomprehending astonishment suggested by some historical…

April 18, 2017