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Au nom de la mère et du fils

Portrait documentaire du quartier Saint-Michel, à Montréal, à travers le parcours de deux jeunes d'origine haïtienne. Alors que leurs parents ont quitté Haïti pour le Canada et ont dû repartir à zéro, James et Le Voyou cherchent eux aussi à prendre leur envol. Les deux jeunes hommes lancent un cri du coeur aux femmes haïtiennes qui, comme leurs mères, ont tant sacrifié pour procurer à leurs enfants un avenir meilleur.
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Portrait documentaire du quartier Saint-Michel, à Montréal, à travers le parcours de deux jeunes d'origine haïtienne. Alors que leurs parents ont quitté Haïti pour le Canada et ont dû repartir à zéro, James et Le Voyou cherchent eux aussi à prendre leur envol. Les deux jeunes hommes lancent un cri du coeur aux femmes haïtiennes qui, comme leurs mères, ont tant sacrifié pour procurer à leurs enfants un avenir meilleur.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Social Issues All subjects
Grands enjeux All channels
  • participation
    James-Arnolds Similhomme
    Le Voyou
    Mustafa Ali
    Adel Kaddar
    Kapois Lamort
    Jason O'Meara
  • direction
    Maryse Legagneur
  • research
    Maryse Legagneur
    Emmanuelle Lambert
  • writing
    Maryse Legagneur
  • picture
    Alex Margineanu
  • sound
    Louis Desparois
  • picture editing
    Elric Robichon
  • sound editor
    Marco Fania
  • production direction
    Alain Thériault
  • None
    Alain Legagneur
    Hosanna Ettien
    Sophie Soukaïna Ghanem
    Lyne Taillon
    Studios Marko inc
    Audio Postproduction SPR Inc.
    Luc Léger
    Jenny Thibault
  • script advisor
    Francine Tougas
  • supplementary footage
    Mathieu Laverdière
    Simon Bujold
  • supplementary sound
    Dimitri Médard
  • additional production manager
    Sylvie Lapointe
  • still photography
    David-Philip Chedore
  • sound effects creation
    Stéphane Cadotte
  • voice
    Monique Dauphin
    Claudette Michel
  • original music
    Simon Bellefleur
    Sandro Forte
  • editing technical support
    Martine Forget
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • sound mixer
    Luc Léger
  • infographics
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • marketing officer
    David Boisclair
  • administrator
    Denise DesLauriers
  • administrative team
    Hélène Regimbal
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • development associate producer
    Mahalia Verna
    Daniela Pinna
  • delegate producer
    Johanne Bergeron
  • producer
    Yves Bisaillon
  • executive producer
    Yves Bisaillon

Education

Ages 17 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Black Studies Diversity - Identity Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development Health/Personal Development - Substance Use and Abuse/Addiction
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