Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| WWilliam WhiteheadNarrator (Voice) | Narrator (Voice) |
| LLouis ApplebaumSelf | Self |
 Denys ArcandSelf | Self |
| RRonald BlumerSelf | Self |
 Donald BrittainSelf | Self |
 Claude FournierSelf | Self |
 Pauline KaelSelf | Self |
 Caroline LeafSelf | Self |
| HHelen LewisSelf | Self |
| GGrant MunroSelf | Self |
 Sydney NewmanSelf | Self |
| GGail SingerSelf | Self |
| MMichael SpencerSelf | Self |