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Harmonium in California
197928 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Robert Fortier
Production: Marrin CanellBarrie Howells
Harmonium was Québec's number-one musical group, outselling many American superstars. In this film they travel with Premier René Lévesque to California on a tour geared to promote the province as well as introduce the group to the world's biggest music market. We follow the ups and downs of their promotional efforts and hear some of this creative group's music.
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Subject categories
- Music > Band MusicPortraitsQuebec MusiciansQuébécois MusicRock Music
- Literature and Language - Canada > Language Issues
- History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society TodayModernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
- English Language Arts > Journalism
Credits
- director
- Robert Fortier
- editing
- Robert Fortier
- producer
- Marrin Canell
- executive producer
- Barrie Howells
- camera
- Barry Perles
- André-Luc Dupont
- sound
- Hans Oomes
- Bev Davidson
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- music
- Harmonium