Documentary

BÊTE LUMINEUSE, LA

Moose hunting, a tradition in Québec, is used as a pretext to delve into the human soul and give it expression. Holed up in a shack in Maniwaki are city dwellers on their annual trek into nature... hoping for a miracle. The mysteries of the hunt--a game of luck and skill, where dreams and reality become blurred by ‘‘buck fever’’. The hunters’ pleasure of measuring up against the elements, discovering their limits. An experience with death, to exorcise their own death and renew the circle of life. We also find panache, bravado and braggartry, along with a savage beastlike pack mentality among a group of friends who are quick to pick a victim who they submit to torturous irony. A brilliant depiction of hunting and the mythology that surrounds it.

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

DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS, THE

The late Ken Carter's long-time obsession to be the world's greatest daredevil is the subject of this feature-length documentary. Seen are the five years of preparation that went into raising one million dollars, building a rocket-powered car, and constructing a ten-storey take-off ramp for his attempt to jump a car across a mile-wide stretch of the St. Lawrence River. A portrait of a stunt driver who made his living by risking his life.

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

BEING DIFFERENT

MÉTIER: BOXEUR

The film includes the following participants: Gaetan Hart, Fernand Marcotte, Eddie Melo, Nicky Furlano, Pierre Foglia, Pierre Gobeil, Louis Chantigny, Reginald Chartrand, Jean-Marie Pellerin, Régis Lévesque, Alfred Verroneau, Guy Geoffroy, and Noël Garneau.

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

NOT A LOVE STORY: A FILM ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY

A chronicle of the odyssey of two women, Bonnie Klein, the director of the film, and Linda Lee Tracey (Lindalee Tracey, 1957 to 2006OCT19), a stripper. Together they set out to explore the world of peep shows, strip joints and sex supermarkets. Both are motivated by the desire to know more about pornography - why it exists, the forms it takes, and how it affects relations between men and women. NOT A LOVE STORY offers insights and perspectives from men and women who earn their living in the porn trade, and from some of pornography's most outspoken critics.

ON EST RENDUS DEVANT LE MONDE!

This documentary on youth theatre in Québec takes viewers into the creative process of a theatre troupe preparing for a street performance... Youth theatre explores the everyday concerns, desires and conflicts of its audience in a way that traditional theatre has never dared to.

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

NUIT DE LA POÉSIE 28 MARS 1980, LA

Ten years after a similar evening of celebration, La Nuit de la poésie 1980 reminds the audience in the documentary of their cultural identity, as poets from different walks of life shed light on the evolution of current day poetry.

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