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The Video Theatre Association officially opened in June 1974 as a non-profit organization composed of approximately 50 independent television producers, most in Nova Scotia. The idea for the Association started in the winter of 1973 when the Atlantic Region of the National Film Board partnered with Teled Video Services Association, a Halifax-based non-profit community media group, to set up and run a Video Theatre as a joint project.
Its objective was to promote the making of television programmes which, in craftsmanship and content, contribute to the cultural, educational, and artistic commonwealth of the people of the Maritime Region. Its main work was to provide technical assistance and practical opportunities for individual, independent video makers by making video recording equipment available for borrowing and providing training on their use. As young filmmakers and videographers created productions, a copy was deposited with the Association. They developed a catalog of the productions and offered a copying service to interested members of the public. Video material was also traded and exchanged with different regions and countries.
Some of the people who played key roles with the Video Theatre were Ralph Holt, Mike Coyle, Sheila MacKenzie, Barry Burley, Brian MacNevin and Harold Rennie.
When funding dried up, staffing the Video Theatre became impossible and it ceased operations in approximately 1984.
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