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Une animation qui convie le spectateur à une plongée au coeur de la culture noire, à un rapide et exaltant voyage à travers les lieux qui ont marqué l'histoire de ces peuples. Le récit que transmet une vieille dame à son petit-fils fait défiler sous nos yeux une succession de tableaux peints directement sous la caméra, accompagnant l'enfant sur les traces de ses ancêtres.

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Une animation qui convie le spectateur à une plongée au coeur de la culture noire, à un rapide et exaltant voyage à travers les lieux qui ont marqué l'histoire de ces peuples. Le récit que transmet une vieille dame à son petit-fils fait défiler sous nos yeux une succession de tableaux peints directement sous la caméra, accompagnant l'enfant sur les traces de ses ancêtres.

  • direction
    Martine Chartrand
  • script
    Martine Chartrand
  • animation
    Martine Chartrand
  • camera
    Martine Chartrand
  • picture editing
    Fernand Bélanger
  • sound editor
    Fernand Bélanger
  • original music
    Oliver Jones
    Lilison T.S. Cordeiro
  • music - interpretation
    Oliver Jones
    Victor Angelillo
    Richard Beaudet
    Ronald Di Lauro
    Wali Muhammad
    Richard Ring
    Lilison T.S. Cordeiro
    Daniel Bellegarde
    Nathalie Dussault
    Sylvain Quesnel
    Bruno Rouyère
    Robert Lépine
  • soloist
    Ranee Lee
    Léontily R.S. Cordeiro
  • singers - director
    Marcia Bailey
  • singer
    Anita Allen
    Vivienne Dean
    Dalours Thornhill
    Cheryl Thornhill
    Mac Thornhill
    Freddie James
  • dancer
    Boütz
    Kris Bennett
    Rebecka Douglas
    Nandi Cox
  • recording
    Diane Carrière
  • foley effects
    Jérôme Décarie
  • None
    Nicolas Gagnon
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Sylvain Cajelais
    Patrick Viegas
    Pierre Sylvestre
    Michèle Bélanger
    Julie Roy
  • location sound recorder
    Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher
    Benoît Leduc
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
    Val Teodori
  • content advisor
    Paul Fehmiu-Brown
  • administration
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • administration - assistance
    Diane Régimbald
    Louisette Goyette
    Diane Martindale
    Micheline Michaud
  • technical coordination
    Andrée Delagrave
  • producer's assistant
    Francine Langdeau
  • producer
    Yves Leduc
    Pierre Hébert
    Marcel Jean

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Ages 12 to 17
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Trace the defining moments of Black history as depicted in the film. Research any one of the following topics: the ancestry of the pharaohs in Egypt, the history of slavery in North America, or the migrations of Africans throughout the world.
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