The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

19861 h 27 min 2 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Donald Brittain

Production: Adam SymanskyDonald BrittainBarrie Howells

Script: Donald Brittain

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

The third in a trilogy of films on two of Canada's most brilliant politicians -- Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque -- covering the years between 1976 and 1986. Using newsreel footage and interviews with key political strategists, the film reveals the turbulent, behind-the-scene dramas during the Québec referendum and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. In so doing, it also traces the course of each man's fall from power and illuminates turning points in recent Canadian history.

Subject categories


  • Politics and Government - Canada > Canada-Quebec RelationsConstitutionFederal Politics and GovernmentPrime Ministers and PremiersProvincial Politics and GovernmentQuébecQuébec Nationalism
  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > ConstitutionPolitics 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
Adam Symansky
Donald Brittain
executive producer
Barrie Howells
photography
Andreas Poulsson
sound
Hans Oomes
editing
Richard Bujold
sound editing
Abbey Jack Neidik
music
Eldon Rathburn

Awards


  • Best Documentary Award - Category: Social-Political World Media Festival
  • Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Documentary (Donald Brittain)Gemini Awards
  • Gemini Award for Best Documentary ProgramGemini Awards