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Action: The October Crisis of 1970
19731 h 27 min 16 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Robin Spry
Production: Tom DalyNormand CloutierRobin Spry
Script: Robin Spry
A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. This film puts the October Crisis in the long perspective of history. Compiled from news and other films, it shows independence movements past and present, and their leaders; it reflects the mingled relief, dismay, defiance, when the Canadian army came to Montréal; and it shows how political leaders viewed the intervention.
Subject categories
- Politics and Government - Canada > NewsreelsQuébec NationalismSocial Action
- History - Canada - 1946-Present > October CrisisPolitics and GovernmentQuébec
- History > Canada 1946-1991
- History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)Quebec Society Since 1980
- Social Studies > Quebec/Federal Relations
Credits
- director
- Robin Spry
- script
- Robin Spry
- producer
- Tom Daly
- Normand Cloutier
- Robin Spry
- editing
- Shelagh Mackenzie
- Joan Henson
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
Awards
- Grand Prize for best documentary - given by the Youth JuryVisions du Réel / Festival international du cinéma documentaire
- Silver Plaque - Category: Feature Film DocumentaryInternational Film Festival
- Etrog for Best Direction to Robin SpryGenie Awards