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Abegweit

1998 1 h 11 min
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L'histoire du plus long pont au monde, le pont de la Confédération qui relie l'île du Prince Édouard à la terre ferme. Ce film s'intéresse aussi aux débats qui ont entouré sa construction, son impact sur ceux qui le désiraient et ceux qui s'y opposaient.

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L'histoire du plus long pont au monde, le pont de la Confédération qui relie l'île du Prince Édouard à la terre ferme. Ce film s'intéresse aussi aux débats qui ont entouré sa construction, son impact sur ceux qui le désiraient et ceux qui s'y opposaient.

  • research
    Serge Morin
  • writing
    Serge Morin
  • direction
    Serge Morin
  • camera
    Marc Paulin
  • None
    Ronald Goguen
    Brigitte Lavoie
    François Vincelette
    Michel Bissonnette
    Denis Fortier
    Serge Morin
    Marcel Boulerice
    Sayedali Rawji
    Gisèle Brun
  • location sound
    Georges Hannan
  • editing
    Fernand Bélanger
  • original music
    Richard Gibson
  • producer
    Pierre Bernier
    Diane Poitras
  • narration
    Chris LeBlanc
  • participation
    Francine Blais
    Peter Briden
    Ralph Murray
    Guy Cormier
    Jim Feltham
    Kim Gallant
    Maurice Gallant
    Joe Ghiz
    Aldeene Giannelia
    Alexis Giannelia
    Paul Giannelia
    Pat Hepditch
    Betty Howatt
    Hubert Jacquin
    Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc
    Maurice Levesque
    Helena McDonald
    Lyman Murray
    Peggy Murray
    Thomas Murray
    Gary O'Hanley
    Heather Parsons
    Kevin Pytyck
    George Read
    Fernand Robichaud
    Lorne Stevenson
    Peter Strubel
    Gilles Thériault
    Randy Vallis
  • lighting
    Marc Paulin
  • sound editing
    Fernand Bélanger
    Claude Langlois
  • editing sound - assistant
    Simon Goldin
  • editing image - assistant
    Francine Mazerolle
    Pamela Gallant
    Marc Paulin
  • music recording
    Kevin Herring
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • location photographer
    Ronald Goguen
  • additional camera
    Michelle Paulin
    Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
    Roger Rochat
  • additional sound
    Marie-France Delagrave
    Richard Lavoie
    Serge Beauchemin
    Diane Carrière
    Alex Salter
  • technical coordination
    Andrée Delagrave
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Service des Effets Visuels de l'ONF
  • translation
    Claude Dionne
  • subtitling
    Claude Dionne
  • administration
    Aurore Thériault

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Identify the two opposing sides in the fixed-link dispute and state their positions. Discuss whether a plebiscite was the best way to gauge the sentiments of the residents of Prince Edward Island. Comment on the close results of the plebiscite. Discuss the filmmaker’s decision to intersperse footage of the bridge’s progress with the comments of those opposed to the building of the bridge. Were both sides of the argument fairly represented in the film?
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