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A Place that Matters

2015 1 h 29 min
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In Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Acadian artists Renée Blanchar, France Daigle, René Cormier and Allain Roy launch several community projects to bring back the former Youth Club built by Acadie’s first architect, Nazaire Dugas.

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In Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Acadian artists Renée Blanchar, France Daigle, René Cormier and Allain Roy launch several community projects to bring back the former Youth Club built by Acadie’s first architect, Nazaire Dugas.

Francophone Communities All subjects
  • researcher
    Renée Blanchar
  • writer
    Renée Blanchar
  • director
    Renée Blanchar
  • producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • cinematography
    Pat Gauvin
    Renée Blanchar
  • sound recording
    Simon Doucet
  • editing
    Myriam Poirier
  • sound design
    Sylvain Bellemare
  • mix
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • original music
    René Cormier
  • additional research
    Julie D'Amour Léger
  • production manager
    Julie D'Amour Léger
  • production stills
    Julie D'Amour Léger
  • contribution to creative thinking
    René Cormier
    France Daigle
    Allain Roy
  • contribution to research
    René Cormier
    France Daigle
    Allain Roy
  • camera assistant
    Jérôme Luc Paulin
    Mélanie Chiasson
  • additional sound recording
    Georges Hannan
    Marcel Fraser
  • editing assistant
    Brad MacDonald
  • additional cinematography
    Mario Paulin
  • technical director
    Mario Paulin
  • technician
    Marc Bédard
    Mathieu-Julien Duguay
    Shaun Ferguson
  • participation
    Renée Blanchar
    René Cormier
    France Daigle
    Allain Roy
    Doria Albert
    Thérèse Albert
    Isabelle Aubin
    Monique Aubin
    Claude Bergeron
    Rolande Bernard
    Aldora Blanchard
    Germain Blanchard
    Isabelle Bonnin
    Fernande Chouinard
    Mathieu Chouinard
    Alyre Cormier
    Anita Cormier
    Louise Cormier
    Paul Cormier
    Simone Cormier
    Julie D'Amour Léger
    Adelbert Dugas
    Blanche Dugas
    Gaëtan Dugas
    Lionel Dugas
    Kim Foulem
    Angélique Gallien
    Azarie Gallien
    Marie-Maude Gallien
    Mélinda Gionet
    Valérie Gionet
    Lorraine Haché
    Brian Irving
    Nancy Juneau
    Antoine Landry
    Gertrude Landry
    Mathilda Landry
    Mylène Landry
    Pierre Lanteigne
    John Leroux
    Zoé Maigret
    Alexy Paulin
    Hugues Paulin
    Jérémy Paulin
    Serge Paulin
    André Pinet
    Dorice Pinet
    Émie Robichaud
    Luc Rondeau
    Éloi Roy
    Marie-Marthe Roy
    Aristide Savoie
    Frédérick Savoie
    Marie-Olive St-Pierre
    Yves Thériault
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • computer graphics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • music consultant
    Jean-François Mallet
    Pascal Lejeune
  • musician
    Théo Brideau
    René Cormier
    Pascal Lejeune
    Sébastien Michaud
    Dillon Robicheau
    Isabelle Thériault
    Danielle Sametz
    Aaron McFarlane
    Christopher Buckley
    Katharine Bestvater
  • string quartet arrangement
    François Émond
  • sound engineer
    Pascal Lejeune
    Daniel Bourgeois
  • music recording
    René Cormier
    Daniel Bourgeois
  • rights clearances
    Sylvia Mezei
  • technical support
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
    Pierre Dupont
  • foley
    Jérôme Décarie
  • foley recording
    Luc Léger
  • transcription
    Suzanne Beaulieu
    Vision Globale
  • subtitling
    Vision Globale
  • marketing
    Tammy Peddle
  • marketing assistant
    Karine Sévigny
  • communications
    Lily Robert
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • administration
    Geneviève Duguay
  • production coordinator
    Colette Allain
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Claveau
  • executive producer
    Dominic Desjardins

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Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects
Arts Education - Drama Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities Family Studies/Home Economics - Relationships History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present) Social Studies - Social History

Ideal for classes on local history and grassroots culture. Research the Acadian artists featured in this film. Why is the history of the Youth Club and Nazaire Dugas important to them? How did people entertain themselves before electronic media? Identify the places in your neighbourhood where people gather as a community. Interview older residents and write a history of your neighbourhood/community. Organize a neighbourhood project like a community garden. Put on a play/variety show to entertain your school.

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