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Normetal
196017 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Gilles Groulx
Production: Léonard ForestLouis Portugais
Script: Gilles Groulx
Filmed in the town of Normétal in northern Québec, this film provides a first-hand introduction to life in a frontier mining community where all roads lead to the pithead. Dweller of two worlds, the copper miner's life is one of contrasts. A mile underground are the rock face, the clattering drills, the dust of explosions; above ground, all the familiar activities of a small town.
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Subject categories
- Mining > Arctic RegionMetalsMining CommunitiesQuébecWork Issues
- History > Canada 1946-1991
- Social Studies > Environmental ChallengesLabour Studies
- Geography > Natural Resources
Credits
- director
- Gilles Groulx
- script
- Gilles Groulx
- producer
- Léonard Forest
- Louis Portugais
- photography
- Michel Brault
- sound
- Bernard Bordeleau
- Pierre Lemelin
- music
- Maurice Blackburn