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Jack Kerouac's Road - A Franco-American Odyssey
198954 min 39 secFilm: Documentary, Fiction
Direction: Herménégilde Chiasson
Production: Éric Michel
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most important spokesmen for his generation. Intercut with archival footage, photographs, interviews and a careful reconstruction of the period, this film takes apart the heroic myth and even returns to the childhood of the author whose life and work contributed greatly to the cultural, sexual and social revolution of the 1960s.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > American DreamCultural GroupsPortraits
- Literature and Language > PortraitsWorld Literature
- English Language Arts > CanLit
- Diversity > Identity
- History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
Credits
- director
- Herménégilde Chiasson
- producer
- Éric Michel
- camera
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- sound
- Richard Besse
- Yvon Benoît
- Michel Charron
- editing
- France Pilon
- sound editing
- Alain Belhumeur
- Louis Dupire
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Michael Rudder
- music
- Robert M. Lepage
- cast
- Albert Belzile
- Bertholet Charron
- Mance Émond
- Carl Helmy
- Freddy Helmy
- Guy Nadon
- Clarence Poirier
Awards
- Award of ExcellenceAtlantic International Film Festival
- Silver Apple Award - Category: Portrait of authors / High SchoolNational Educational Media Network Competition