The series initially attracted a large audience, but the didactic tone of many of the film and the problems inherent in condensing high-intensity dramas into 30 minutes drove viewers away.
The Candid Eye series was developed at least partially in reaction to the dramatic format of Perspective, an approach the NFB believed had lost touch with the real world.
In 1966, the filmmakers' union, Syndicat général du cinéma et de la télévision (SGCT), requested greater representation and freedom from bureaucratic interference.
[7] In 1968, Robin Spry directed Flowers on a One-Way Street,[8] a film about the hippie revolution, 'people vs power', and a youth movement to close Toronto's Yorkville Avenue to traffic.
[10] Biggs returned to directing, making the 1970 documentary A Little Fellow from Gambo: The Joey Smallwood Story, which won three 22nd Canadian Film Awards, including Best Director.
[11] Directory:[12][13] The Oyster Man (1950) The Son (1952)[14] Herring Hunt (1953) Monkey on the Back (1956)[15] Man of America (1956)[16] Go to Blazes (1956)[17] The Shepherd (1956)[18] Fire in Town (1958)[19] William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country (1961)[20] Courtship (1961)[21] 23 Skidoo (1964) Phoebe (1964)[23] Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) High Steel (1965) The Railrodder (1965) Octopus Hunt (1965) Paddle to the Sea (1966) Each Day That Comes (1966)[27] Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail (1966) A Little Fellow from Gambo: The Joey Smallwood Story (1970)