Hollywood has a long history of appropriating the history of other countries. It isn't malicious per se - even if it is infuriating for historians and especially for the families of those, like Clouston, who feel abused in the process. Ben Affleck's Argo all but ignored the pivotal role of Canada's Ken Taylor in shepherding American embassy staff out of Tehran during the Iranian hostage crisis. 

Some call it Americentrism - the tendency to look at history and international events through the narrow lens of American interest. But it's as much economic as it is cultural. America, after all, is Hollywood's principal market and producers understand the need to appeal to American audiences. 

It's also a little disingenuous to cry foul when someone else takes something you've sat on for decades and converts it to profitable use. Even those times we have seized the initiative - as in CBC's 'Canada: The Story of Us' - we haven't done a stellar job of getting the history right.