This documentary features an 86-year-old woman with an incredible memory and who has not lost her gusto or humour with age. She offers a contemporary look at Quebec history from the turn of the century to the period referred to as the Grande Noirceur [The Great Darkness]. Feminist, pacifist, union activist, communist and proud of her Jewish ancestry, Léa Roback was front and centre during those years frought with social upheaval: anti-Semitism, the roaring twenties in Montreal and Berlin, the first women's labour struggles, the Duplessis regime and the cold war. In short, she casts a unique look at a rapidly changing society from which emerged the Quiet Revolution.

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This film is an eye witness account of the Acadian awakening at the University of Moncton in 1968-1969, as bilingualism and biculturalism became hot topics. March on City Hall and Parliament, sit-in at the Science pavillon, peaceful police confrontation. The film is recorded in the background of the action. It portrays the tormented souls of students who dare to defy order. In the end, it ultimately touches the Acadian soul, in its desire to survive and take action.

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

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

This film delves into the roots of the widespread Acadian community. It questions the future of the social, economic, cultural, religious, traditional and political aspects of Acadian life. As we travel through Canada, France and Louisiana, we see the history and lives of these people through the eyes of Acadians themselves. They have had to build their own defences over time to survive, and now they are given an opportunity to enjoy their rich heritage, free from old myths of deportation.

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Pierre Perrault’s third full-length film shot at Île-aux-Coudres, LES VOITURES D’EAU examines the problems of the men who build and sail wooden schooners, in an era ruled by steel ships, international competition and monopolies. Seafaring men, skillful in both words and actions, the captains of these last schooners are witnessing the dying days of a creative era, one in which their sons will not take part. The first part of the film theorizes about the knowledge and human spirit that go into crafting wooden boats. The second part, which shows a tragic season of sailing on the St. Lawrence, asks serious questions about the economic and political integration of French Canadians.

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A film that builds a bridge between Aboriginal shaman tradition and humanistic holistic medicine according to which disease often stems from the soul's inability to bear too much pain. But within our hearts we have the potential to fundamentally transform ourselves. Four women striving for renewed equilibrium create new ties between emotions, diseases and the unspoken.

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Through a montage of excerpts from 60 films produced in French by the National Film Board, filmmaker Anne Claire Poirier offers an accelerated look at how the NFB has portrayed women in the last 50 years: soldiers and beauty queens, housewives and politicians, strippers and foremothers who speak out all too clearly in contrasting images. A dual vision of the world emerges from "Il y a longtemps que je t'aime:" men and women film different realities; men and women do not seek their identities in the same place. In recent times, however, there is a sense that the two sides are coming together.

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This is the story of a woman travelling across the United States, stopping at hotels and motels along the way. She is also taking a long journey within, where her memories are a mixture of passion and disappointment. At first glance, she appears to be alone. But she is soon accompanied by images of the country, images that haunt her and taunt her and overshadow her pilgrimage of love. Torn between hope and despair, she watches the memories go by, releasing their hold over her. From one hotel to another, from the heart of Manhattan to the depths of Death Valley, the filmmaker reflects on modern America. In "road movie" style, with improvised encounters, the filmmaker examines the American myth and ponders the fate of Uncle Sam's country in the media age. The land of the brave is no longer the land of Kennedy, Martin Luther King and all the 60s idealists.

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In 1958, access to higher education was not a given in Quebec; indeed, far from it. This is why three Montreal students, Bruno Meloche, Francine Laurendeau and Jean-Pierre Goyer, travelled to Quebec City. They were determined to present the student assembly brief on university access to Premier Maurice Duplessis. For three months, the three of them, representing over 20,000 of their fellow students, try to obtain a meeting with the premier, to no avail. Some thirty years later, they repeat their journey. Through their recollections, a turning point in our history that is not generally well known is revisited.

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

The life of Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger is told through interviews and archival documents. This man of the Church, very popular in Quebec, went beyond his episcopal duties and worked to help the poorest of the poor.

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