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The Cirque: An American Odyssey
198950 min 18 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Nathalie Petrowski
Production: Éric Michel
Script: Nathalie Petrowski
In 1988, the Cirque du Soleil toured the United States and set up its big top in New York City - a grand three-ring circus in tiself! - garnering rave reviews. Behind the scenes, artists working in the fledgling Quebec circus talk about what it means to them to be a part of this success, and also the price they pay for sharing the American Dream.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > American Dream
- Theater > Circuses
- Foreign Countries > United States
Credits
- director
- Nathalie Petrowski
- script
- Nathalie Petrowski
- producer
- Éric Michel
- images
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- sound
- Richard Besse
- editing
- Christian Marcotte
- sound editing
- Christian Marcotte
- sound mixer
- Hans Peter Strobl
- music mixing
- Louis Hone
- music
- René Dupéré
- Pierre Flynn