{"id":474,"date":"2009-03-02T00:57:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T04:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/?p=474"},"modified":"2010-02-09T13:57:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:57:42","slug":"the-philosopher-filmmaker-at-rideau-hall-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/2009\/03\/02\/the-philosopher-filmmaker-at-rideau-hall-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The philosopher-filmmaker at Rideau Hall – part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBarack Obama, Micha\u00eblle Jean, and Jean-Daniel Lafond<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Cin\u00e9aste frustr\u00e9, philosophe combl\u00e9.<\/strong>‘ (‘Frustrated filmmaker, fulfilled philosopher.’)<\/p>\n

Following up on my post from last week, here\u2019s part two<\/strong> of my interview with Jean-Daniel Lafond. How has he adapted to his newest role<\/strong> as \u201cHis Excellency\u201d and a very active partner to Canada\u2019s Governor General, Micha\u00eblle Jean?
\n[Video interview clip further down.]<\/p>\n

Of his current circumstances, Jean-Daniel says, \u201cThe challenge is to remain oneself and to defend the values one has always defended. There is a space for that.\u201d His position is of a volunteer with an official status. He jokes that Canadians are getting \u201ctwo for the price of one\u201d and professes total solidarity with Micha\u00eblle.<\/p>\n

In his official capacity, Jean-Daniel has made culture his bailiwick<\/strong>, and suggests perhaps it is sorely in need of being defended in this country. It is critical to demonstrate the importance of culture, not just complain about lack of support, he says. He has created Point des arts\/Art Matters<\/strong><\/a>, a forum and network for reflection and debate about artistic matters from all disciplines, bringing together practitioners, theorists and arts administrators of all political stripes. He has initiated the internet site Citizen Voices\/\u00c9coute des citoyens<\/strong><\/a> in an attempt to make the office of the Governor General more relevant and accessible, particularly to Canadian youth.<\/p>\n

About making films, Jean-Daniel says he finds himself constantly in unexpected and extraordinary circumstances,<\/strong> for example in private conversation with heads of state, and in a most privileged position to observe the world, governance, diplomacy, the very highest echelons of power. He finds it simultaneously stimulating and frustrating. Given the opportunity, he would be making films all the time, but contents himself with gathering as much information – and some video material – as possible, building blocks or sources of inspiration for future projects.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Jocelyne Clarke<\/strong> and Jorge Bustos-Estefan<\/a><\/strong> for help with this blog.<\/p>\n

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Barack Obama, Micha\u00eblle Jean, and Jean-Daniel Lafond ‘Cin\u00e9aste frustr\u00e9, philosophe combl\u00e9.‘ (‘Frustrated filmmaker, fulfilled philosopher.’) Following up on my post from last week, here\u2019s part two of my interview with Jean-Daniel Lafond. How has he adapted to his newest role as \u201cHis Excellency\u201d and a very active partner to Canada\u2019s Governor General, Micha\u00eblle Jean? [Video … Continue reading The philosopher-filmmaker at Rideau Hall – part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary-debates","category-english","category-festivals","category-francais"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.socialdoc.net\/magnus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}