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A documentarian from this country inspired the Ken Burns effect and 2001: A Space Odyssey via the films City of Gold and Universe. As an homage to a 1987 film from this country made from loose reels found on a cutting room floor, George Lucas made Princess Leia’s cell number 21-87. The curved raised arms of a stick figure that resembles an eye with legs form the logo of an agency from this country called the NFB. A filmmaker from this country coined the term “pixilation” for the stop-motion technique pioneered by the director of Begone Dull Care, Pas de Deux, and (*) Neighbours. Scots who worked for this country’s National Film Board include the coiner of the term “documentary,” John Grierson, and animator Norman McLaren. IMAX was founded in this country, the setting of a 1922 film whose director instructed the cast to use spears rather than rifles for a walrus hunt. For 10 points, name this country where Robert Flaherty filmed Nanook of the North. ■END■
ANSWER: Canada [accept National Film Board of Canada]
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