A Stunning Backdrop : Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 Grade Two Featured in the 2022 GoodMinds

Featured in the 2022 GoodMinds

He tells the story of his first caribou hunt

as journeys toward the Old Ones

Stephanie Peltier

Miskwaasining Nagamojig (Swamp Singers)

A Stunning Backdrop : Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 Grade Two Featured in the 2022 GoodMindsAlbertas magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement without equal. A Stunning Backdrop is the untold story of six