NFB Collection
Below Zero
19701 h 47 min 3 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michel Régnier
Production: Janic AbénaïmMichel Régnier
Script: Bernard DevlinWilliam Weintraub
Co-produced by the NFB and the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
A look at life in the frigid zones of our northern hemisphere, in many lands from Alaska to the Finnish Lapland. This feature-length documentary is a study of how humans have conquered the cold. It shows not only recent technological developments but also how the quality of life has improved, even flourished, in some of the older settlements of the sub-Arctic. Surprising in almost every sequence, the film is alive with the vitality and unique character of the North.
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Subject categories
- Geography and Geology > Arctic Region
- Technology > Climate-related Technology
- Foreign Countries > International PerspectivesScandinavia
- Safety > Survival Methods
Credits
- director
- Michel Régnier
- producer
- Janic Abénaïm
- Michel Régnier
- commentary
- Bernard Devlin
- William Weintraub
- camera
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- Gilles Gascon
- sound
- Michel Hazel
- Jacques Drouin
- editing
- Michel Régnier
- Jacques Jarry
- sound editing
- Jacques Jarry
- music
- Eldon Rathburn