Documentary

ÉTRANGE HISTOIRE

Quebec poet Gilbert Langevin, born in La Dorée on Lac-Saint-Jean in 1938, died in Montreal in 1995. Following his brilliant career as a Quebecois artist and musician, we are left with several poetry collections and songs interpreted by such greats as Pauline Julien and Offenbach.

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

MY FEMINISM

JUSQU'AU BOUT DE L'ÂME RUSSE

Portraits of Russian citizens of every age and from various social classes.

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

OFF THE RECORD

Documentary of the cultural movement that arose after the federal government cut arts and culture grants. A petition is signed at the Place des Arts on April 26, 1997, on the back of a blank cheque made out to Jean Chrétien and Sheila Copps.

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

PAYS REVE, LE

People sometimes leave their country because they feel stifled or strangled, and introspection is an integral part of the emigration process. When the director decided to leave his country, he was on a quest to find the ideal place and he looked long and hard before choosing Montreal in 1960.

ODYSSÉE SONORE

Documentary of the works of Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, known as the father of acoustic ecology.

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