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Memoirs of a Media Maverick

by (author) Boyce Richardson

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Oct 2003
Category
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Media Studies, Media & Communications Industries
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662190
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $19.96
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896357805
    Publish Date
    Oct 2003
    List Price
    $24.95

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Memoirs of a Media Maverick is an insider’s critical account of the modern media. Richardson tells the intriguing story of his travels as a journalist and filmmaker in New Zealand, Australia, India, Britain, and Canada.

A prolific author and film director, Richardson’s work has focused on Aboriginal peoples, the environment and human rights. His films, including Cree Hunters of the Mistassini, have won many awards.

About the author

Boyce Richardson has spent twenty-five years documenting aboriginal life in words and film. After winning a National Newspaper Award at the Montreal Star, he published two books about the James Bay hydro development, including the internationally acclaimed Strangers Devour the Land. In 1989 he edited Drumbeat, an anthology of native resistance for the Assembly of First Nations. Richardson liveswith his wife, Shirley, in Ottawa.

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