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Two Dreams of a Nation: The Fortin Family of Quebec and Alberta
198028 min 42 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Boyce RichardsonJohn Dyer
Production: Mark ZannisPeter Katadotis
Script: Boyce RichardsonMark Zannis
It's the story of two generations and two branches of the Fortin family of Lac St-Jean, Québec. One branch went west to the Peace River area of Alberta to found a French-speaking Catholic community in 1953. They reminisce about the early years without water or electricity in the style of the old-time pioneers. The other branch remained and evolved with a changing Québec. It is a story of two dreams of the French Canadian nation as represented by the members of one family.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family PortraitsRural Families
- Francophone Communities > MinoritiesQuébecWestern Canada
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
Credits
- director
- Boyce Richardson
- John Dyer
- producer
- Mark Zannis
- executive producer
- Peter Katadotis
- commentary
- Boyce Richardson
- Mark Zannis
- camera
- John Dyer
- sound
- Michel Hazel
- Jean-Guy Normandin
- editing
- Hannele Halm
- Tina Viljoen
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- narrator
- Walter Massey