Tropic North

Haitian-born journalist Michaëlle Jean, who came to this country in 1968, looks at her place and the place of blacks, of all generations and walks of life, in the province. By bringing her face to face with Quebec, the film raises the question of the identity of Black Quebeckers in a society that is looking for its identity while sometimes being racist, yet open to the entire world. It asks, in passing, if we should encourage the integration or assimilation of new citizens and how Blacks experience the setting down of roots in this country. This leads Michaëlle Jean to suggest, at the end of the film: "And what if North and South were to get together to invent a country in the image of the New World?"