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Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose
201652 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jean-Daniel Lafond
Production: Nathalie Barton (InformAction Films Inc.)René Chénier (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Jean-Daniel Lafond
Produced by InformAction in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with Majda Films International.
In 2005, Michaëlle Jean became the Governor General of Canada. A social activist, global citizen, and black woman, she would redefine the possibilities of that office. While her national priorities were at-risk youth, women, and Indigenous peoples, her international success came from her cultural diplomacy. 2010: the earthquake in Haiti tragically brings her back to her homeland. Michaëlle Jean: A Woman of Purpose is an intimate and sensitive portrait of the stateswoman she came to be.
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Subject categories
- Politics and Government - Canada > Governors-generalWomen
- Women - Portraits > Politics
- Social Studies > Canada in the World TodayCanadian Politics and Government
- Indigenous Studies > History/Politics
Credits
- writer
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- narrator
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- director
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- editor
- Babalou Hamelin
- photography
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- supplementary footage
- Alberto Feio
- Carlos Ferrand
- sound recording
- Jean-Denis Daoust
- Jean-Daniel Lafond
- Catherine Van Der Donckt
- lawyer
- Remy Khouzam
- Sophie de Champlain
- insurance
- Bernard Guillemette
- production accountant
- Martine Brunelle
- producer
- Nathalie Barton
- René Chénier