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Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
196126 min 56 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Louis-Georges Carrier
Production: Julian BiggsGuy Glover
Script: Guy Dufresne
A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary debate, and Speaker of the Lower House, Louis-Joseph Papineau's sympathies were with the plain people pillaged by a mercantile ruling clique. When legislation became the instrument of private advantage he brought government to a standstill.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government - Canada > Colonial and Territorial GovernmentPortraitsQuébecResponsible Government Pre-1867
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Politics and GovernmentPortraitsQuébec
- History > Canada under British Rule (1764-1867)
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)Official Powers and Countervailing Powers (1608-present)Struggles in the British Colony (1791-1850)
Credits
- director
- Louis-Georges Carrier
- producer
- Julian Biggs
- executive producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- Guy Dufresne
- photography
- Georges Dufaux
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- David Mayerovitch
- sound editing
- Pierre Lemelin
- re-recording
- Ron Alexander
- music
- Joan Edward
- cast
- Pierre Boucher
- Jean Duceppe
- Yvon Dufour
- Jean Gascon
- Jean Lajeunesse
- Jean-Louis Paris
- Denise Provost
- Guy Provost
- Mia Riddez
- Louis Tuverne