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Dreams of a Land
19878 min 8 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Robert Doucet
Production: Eunice MacaulayDouglas MacDonald
Script: Eunice Macaulay
Based on the journals of Samuel de Champlain, film animator Robert Doucet used coloured-pencil drawings to create this tribute to the explorer's vision. The narrative flashbacks focus on Champlain's dream of finding a western route to China. He abandoned this dream in 1615 when, upon reaching Lake Huron, he discovered not the fabled western sea, but fresh water beyond which lay yet more wilderness. But his dreams of a land continued, as he dedicated his life to developing a prosperous colony.
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Subject categories
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > ExplorationImmigration and SettlementNew France 1600-1760Portraits
- History > Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s)
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
Credits
- director
- Robert Doucet
- animation
- Robert Doucet
- producer
- Eunice Macaulay
- script
- Eunice Macaulay
- executive producer
- Douglas MacDonald
- camera
- Jacques Avoine
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Vlasta Vrana
- music
- Alex Pauk
Awards
- First Prize - Category: Animation produced for Educational Purposes - with a cash prize of 200$USInternational Animation Celebration