The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

197855 min 35 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Donald Brittain

Production: Janet LeissnerDonald BrittainPeter KatadotisPaul Wright

Script: Donald Brittain

Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the CBC.

This three-part documentary uses rare photos, newsreel footage and interviews to trace the careers of René Lévesque and Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Part 2 covers the years from 1967 to 1977, a colourful decade that saw Trudeau win three federal elections; the 1970 October Crisis; and the sweeping rise to power of the Parti Québecois.

Subject categories


  • Politics and Government - Canada > Canada-Quebec RelationsFederal Politics and GovernmentPrime Ministers and PremiersProvincial Politics and GovernmentQuébecQuébec Nationalism
  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > October CrisisPolitics and GovernmentPortraitsQuebec NationalsmQuébec
  • History > Canada 1946-1991
  • Social Studies > Canadian Politics and GovernmentQuebec/Federal Relations
  • History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)

Credits


director
Donald Brittain
script
Donald Brittain
narrator
Donald Brittain
producer
Janet Leissner
Donald Brittain
executive producer
Peter Katadotis
Paul Wright
photography
Andreas Poulsson
sound
Claude Hazanavicius
editing
Steven Kellar
sound editing
Abbey Jack Neidik
Bernard Bordeleau
re-recording
Michel Descombes
Jean-Pierre Joutel
music
Art Phillips