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As Night Descends

2020 10 min
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In conversations with passionate sociologist and political thinker Jean Pichette, the filmmaker views the forced downtime stemming from the current crisis as an opportunity to rethink our modes of existence and our relationship to others, nature, science, the economy, art, politics—in short, everything that makes us human.

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In conversations with passionate sociologist and political thinker Jean Pichette, the filmmaker views the forced downtime stemming from the current crisis as an opportunity to rethink our modes of existence and our relationship to others, nature, science, the economy, art, politics—in short, everything that makes us human.

  • direction
    Nadine Gomez
  • writing
    Nadine Gomez
  • participant
    Eugène Apollon
    Maude Alain-Gendreau
    Raoul Canniccioni
    Rémi Bareil
    Gilles Thibault
    Marion Dakin
  • producer
    Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
  • images
    Alexandre Lampron
    Nadine Gomez
  • supplementary footage
    Nicolas Canniccioni
  • editing
    Natalie Lamoureux
  • sound design
    Marie-Pierre Grenier
  • music
    Virginie Reid
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • colourization
    Serge Verreault
  • re-recording
    Isabelle Lussier
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Marie-Josée Gourde
    Patrick Trahan
  • titles design
    Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
  • infographics
    Alain Ostiguy
    Cynthia Ouellet
  • foley
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • foley recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
  • senior production coordinator
    Joëlle Lapointe
  • production coordinator
    Alexandra Bourque
    Chinda Phommarinh
  • studio coordinator
    Gabrielle Dupont
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Claveau
  • line production
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • executive producer
    Nathalie Cloutier

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