A look at America, where censure and Puritanism run rampant, together with the poet Allen Ginsberg and a number of other artists such as Mark Pauline, Dulcinea Langfelder, Jello Biafra and Darus James, who all bear witness to the struggle for freedom of thought, expression, action and creation.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Will Canada always appear in a contract that is perpetually being negotiated? And will Quebec always be the black sheep of the Confederation? An essay and an issues paper on the exercise of democracy rolled up in one, this film takes stock of the political record of a year that promised to be a major turning point in the history of Quebec and Canada. From Newfoundland to Vancouver, the filmmaker observes and asks questions. Among others, he talked to politicians (Robert Bourassa, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard), commission chairpersons (Claude Béland, Jean Allaire, Keith Spicer), political scientists (Daniel Latouche, Philip Resnick) and young activists (Michel Bissonnet, Joseph Facal, Jean-François Simard.) Although they all firmly believe in the need to reach an agreement to ensure the unique place of Quebec in North America, few can agree on how to accomplish this. Interspersed with excerpts from films reconstructing the lives of statesmen (Sir George Étienne Cartier, John A. Macdonald, Louis-Joseph Papineau), this film draws an eloquent parallel between the discourse of today and that of yesteryear.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Documentary on sexual desire in the time of AIDS.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

A concert by French singer Francis Cabrel performed at Théâtre Saint-Denis on December 6, 1991, during the Montreal FrancoFolies.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Alejandro Cotto has just turned 63. In his village of Suchitoto, El Salvador, young people are barely awakening from the nightmare of civil war, but they have all come out to celebrate the birthday of this strange man. Even though he has made only a small number of films in his life, Alejandro Cotto is convinced of his talent as a filmmaker. He speaks on behalf of a number of Third-World artists who, faced with the impossibility of creating, invent an imaginary world to keep depression and sadness at bay. He tells not only of the greatness and misery of his career, but also of the horror of war, the fate of his village and the path of his dreams. After all, it takes a big dreamer like him to envision making "great cinema" in the depths of a Central American village.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Quebec has one of the highest suicide rates of industrial nations. Each year, one person out of ten in the 15-25 year age group will attempt suicide and approximately 400 will succeed. It is the second leading cause of death among young people after road accidents. Twelve people affected in their own way by this phenomenon tell the story of their lives.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

A trip throughout Quebec to various strange locations inhabited by bizarre people: followers of an erotic-religious cult, massage parlour clients, folk healers, soothsayers, peep show fans, wild animal handlers, nude male and female dancers, and prostitutes, to name but a few.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)