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Liberty, USA
20081 h 10 min 39 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alan Handel
Production: Alan Handel (Handel Productions Inc.)Yves BisaillonSilva BasmajianChristian Medawar (National Film Board of Canada)Gerry Flahive
Script: Alan Handel
Produced by Handel Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with CBC Newsworld, Radio-Canada, RDI and Knowledge Network.
In the United States, it feels like all highways lead to places with the same name – more than 200 towns and counties named Liberty. While many of these places were founded on a common notion of “liberty”, over time, it has become many things to many people.
Liberty, USA takes us on a journey to the core of America’s most celebrated value as we travel to six different towns named “Liberty”. The cast of memorable characters we meet on the way all struggle with issues that lie at the centre of how they define their freedom in the 21st century – issues that range from illegal immigration and teen sexuality to religious tolerance and racism.
Interwoven with surprising and sometimes quirky archival material, director Alan Handel’s insightful road trip uncovers the many meanings and embodiments of a nation’s founding value at a historical place in time.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government > Democracy
- Social Issues > Foreign Societies
- Foreign Countries > United States
Credits
- director
- Alan Handel
- writer
- Alan Handel
- producer
- Alan Handel
- Christian Medawar
- Gerry Flahive
- editor
- Alfonso Peccia
- Howard Goldberg
- Tanya Maryniak
- cinematographer
- Laurent Beauchemin
- narrator
- Hamish McEwan
- original music
- Eric Lemoyne
- story consultant
- Allen Abel
- narration consultant
- Allen Abel
- head of production
- Léon G. Arcand
- associate producer
- Janet Torge
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- researcher
- Janet Torge
- production supervisor
- Sylvia Wilson
- production coordinator
- Anne Brosseau
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- administration
- Irene Carter
- tax credits
- Irene Carter
- research
- Eric Siblin
- archival research
- Riel Lazarus
- rights clearances
- Riel Lazarus
- sound recordist
- Marco Fania
- Patrick Brereton
- additional camera
- Laurent Quesnel
- Germán Gutiérrez
- consultant
- Gil Troy
- production assistant
- Annie Clutton
- Answer Ejiasi
- Obed McCalip
- Diana Nunnery
- Andrew Olsen
- Lisa Piening
- Kyle Terry
- post-production services
- DBCom Media
- National Film Board of Canada
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- post-production manager
- Nicolas Boucher
- post-production coordinator
- Dominique Lalonde
- assistant editor
- Samuel Veillet
- Andrew Webberley
- Pierre-Luc Robillard
- Patrick Loiseau
- Thierry Demers
- colourist
- Denis Gathelier
- online editor
- Denis Gathelier
- sound supervisor
- Mathieu Beaudin
- sound effects editor
- Mathieu Beaudin
- dialogue editor
- Stan Sakell
- mixer
- Jean Paul Vialard
- graphic artist
- Étienne Deslières
- Anne Gauthier
- graphic animation
- Sylvain Blondeau
- business & legal affairs
- Claire Benoit
- Mark Chernin
- production accountant
- Nicola minotti
- George Highfield
- assistant to the producer
- Gwendolyne Moisan-O'Dea
- Isabelle Proulx
- marketing manager
- Julie Armstrong-Boileau
- marketing manager - assistance
- Solen Labrie Trépanier
- administrator
- Johanne Dubuc
- Denise DesLauriers
- administrative staff
- Dominique Brunet
- Lise Lévesque
- commissioning editor
- Catherine Olsen
- Diane Rotteau
- executive producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- Silva Basmajian
- Alan Handel