In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, set the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and ...
In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his number 9 Canadiens hockey ...
The French-Canadian woman is no longer without legal rights and career opportunities. Speaking of the struggle to bring about change, the evolving role of women in Québec society, and the challenges ...
The Duplessis years, labour violence, the far-reaching policies of Jean Lesage, the B&B Commission, the emergence of the Parti Québécois, the FLQ and the October Crisis of 1970--these were tense times ...
Ask any French-Canadian who tells the funniest stories, and he'll say with a chuckle, Yvon Deschamps. Now big box-office, Deschamps grew up in Montréal's inner city where, he says, mothers didn't ...
This film is an encounter with geometrical shapes, which children can readily understand and enjoy. As the title suggests, Dance Squared employs movement, colour and music to explore the symmetries of ...
This animated short provides an illustrated version of Madame Bolduc's popular French song, La Bastringue. Although virtually unknown in English Canada, Bolduc is a well-known folk singer among French ...
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Un phoque sort d'une mare d'eau, tandis que le chasseur taille un os pour son harpon et que la femme coud une moufle, tous deux mangeant du poisson congelé. Son harpon réparé, le chasseur traque le ...
Entremêlé de métrages d'archives, ce court métrage d'animation raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme qui repousse les prétendants qu'on lui destine parce qu'elle est imbue d'un maître draveur. Agile ...
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On ne pouvait davantage morceler le sol, fractionner les fermes : il n'y avait plus de place pour eux. Les hommes partirent d'abord. Ils quittèrent les vieilles paroisses de la vallée pour monter vers ...