A Song for Quebec

198855 min 12 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Dorothy Todd Henaut

Production: Dorothy Todd HenautAdam SymanskyBill Nemtin

Script: Josh Freed

Co-produced by the NFB and Detroit Educational Television Foundation (WTVS-Detroit) in association with the Global Television Network.

A living history--that of Québec's last forty years--is seen not through the careful reconstruction of the academic historian but from the viewpoint of a couple in love with each other as well as the cause of Quebec's independence. Pauline Julien through her songs, and Gérald Godin through his poetry, provide an intimate look at the events which have marked Québec's evolution. This is a film about love and passion, and about a couple whose life is bound to the emergence of their world. It is also a unique synthesis of the Québec nationalist movement.

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Subject categories


  • Literature and Language - Canada > French-language WritersPoets and PoetryPortraitsQuebec Literature
  • Women - Portraits > Performing ArtsPolitics
  • History - Canada - 1946-Present > Politics and GovernmentQuébec
  • Music > Popular MusicPortraitsQuébécois MusicWomen
  • Literature and Language > Portraits
  • Politics and Government - Canada > PortraitsQuébec Nationalism

Credits


direction
Dorothy Todd Henaut
cinematography
Zoe Dirse
editing
Susan Shanks
Werner Nold
writer
Josh Freed
assistant director
Dominique Parent
researcher
Dominique Parent
subtitles
Robert Gray
location sound
Esther Auger
Hans Oomes
Eric Lambert
gaffer
Clermont Lapointe
assistant camera
René Daigle
Simon Leblanc
Dawn Nichol
Patrick Duroux
location manager
Alain Labrosse
Maryvonne Querre
assistant editor
Monique Gervais
historical watercolours
George Geertsen
narration
Anne Henderson
sound editing
Wojtek Klis
assistant sound editor
André Chaput
Pat Gyorfi
foley artist
Lise Wedlock
narration recording
Nathalie Fleurant
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Adrian Croll
video post-production
Richard Lesage
Phillipe Vandette
Pierre Bélanger
Barbara Hutchinson
production accountant
Nanci Tastello
post-production coordinator
Grace Avrith
unit administrator
Rob Spence
Rose Hutchinson
associate producer
Svetlana Zylin
Susan Shanks
co-producer
Dorothy Todd Henaut
senior producer
Adam Symansky
series producer
David Grubin
executive producer
Bill Nemtin