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The Bronswik Affair
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Wikipedia article
'The Bronswik Affair' is a 1978 Canadian short film, directed by Robert Awad and Andr Leduc.Michel Coulombe and Marcel Jean, 'Le dictionnaire du cinma qubcois'. Boral, 1988. p. 19.
Summary
An animated mockumentary, the film satirizes advertising and marketing[https://www.worldcat.org/title/bronswik-affair/oclc/889317243 WorldCat.org] through the story of Bronswik, a fictional manufacturer of television sets which feature special technology designed to disable viewers' ability to resist advertising pitches, spawning a frenzied addiction to consumerism[https://mubi.com/films/the-bronswik-affair MUBI] which leads to a political and social crisis."Short Film Reviews: L'Affaire Bronswik". 'Cinema Canada', March 1979. pp. 38-39.
Accolades
The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 29th Canadian Film Awards.Maria Topalovich, 'And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards'. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 121-124.
See also
*Media manipulation
*Television studies
*Product placement
References
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