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'Christopher's Movie Matine' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mort Ransen and released in 1968.Bob Harvey, "Film takes eloquent look at teenagers' alienation". 'Edmonton Journal', April 19, 1969. p. 8. Depicting the youth counterculture hippie movement in the Toronto district of Yorkville, the film was unusual in that it directly engaged the teenagers as active participants rather than subjects, depicting their own debates about what kind of film Ransen should make about them and incorporating footage directly filmed by the youth with personal video cameras.James Spears, "A return to gappism". 'The Province', May 16, 1969. The film includes the group organizing a protest against Toronto Board of Control member Allan Lamport's efforts to crack down on the hippie movement in the city;"Movie Matinee hidden from movie houses". 'The Globe and Mail', February 22, 1969. it ends when the filmmakers are recalled to Montreal by the National Film Board of Canada after being accused in the Toronto press of instigating the protest rather than merely depicting it.

The film was named for, and includes music from, the contemporaneous album 'Christopher's Movie Matine' by influential Canadian folk music band 3's a Crowd."Records in review". 'Calgary Herald', November 23, 1973.

The film did not receive widespread theatrical distribution, instead being shown primarily in private screenings for schools and organizationsMartin Knelman, "A movie about kids only kids are seeing". 'Toronto Star', February 1, 1969. until it was broadcast on CBC Television in 1969."Film is happening". 'Ottawa Citizen', April 26, 1969. p. 63. Ransen appeared in an episode of the network's documentary series 'New Film Makers' on April 23, showing excerpts of the film,"Canadian Film Makers Studied". 'Calgary Herald', April 18, 1969. p. 81. before the full feature film was broadcast in its entirety by the network's 'Canadian Feature Films' series on April 27."The Missippi [sic] Delta girl moves closer to the Don". 'The Province', April 24, 1969. It was also screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films-quebecois-a-cannes/2/ "Les films qubcois Cannes travers lhistoire"]. 'Films du Qubec', April 28, 2019.

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