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Au pays des colons

2007 1 h 17 min
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Documentaire racontant un chapitre significatif de l'histoire du Québec : le développement des régions. Le cinéaste revisite l'héritage du cinéma québécois tourné en Abitibi, marchant dans les traces de Pierre Perrault. Au coeur de la crise économique des années 1930, le gouvernement organise le transport de plus de 80 000 colons pour fonder un pays neuf sur les territoires vierges de l'Abitibi. Toutefois, plusieurs quitteront ces terres durement défrichées, cherchant un meilleur sort à la ville. Mais de génération en génération, la famille Lalancette persiste à construire l'avenir sur sa terre. Denys Desjardins les suit dans leur quotidien.

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Documentaire racontant un chapitre significatif de l'histoire du Québec : le développement des régions. Le cinéaste revisite l'héritage du cinéma québécois tourné en Abitibi, marchant dans les traces de Pierre Perrault. Au coeur de la crise économique des années 1930, le gouvernement organise le transport de plus de 80 000 colons pour fonder un pays neuf sur les territoires vierges de l'Abitibi. Toutefois, plusieurs quitteront ces terres durement défrichées, cherchant un meilleur sort à la ville. Mais de génération en génération, la famille Lalancette persiste à construire l'avenir sur sa terre. Denys Desjardins les suit dans leur quotidien.

Economics Film and Video Arts Agriculture History - Canada - 1920-1945 Politics and Government - Canada All subjects
  • script
    Denys Desjardins
  • images
    Denys Desjardins
  • direction
    Denys Desjardins
  • participation
    Hauris Lalancette
    Dany Lalancette
    Laurie Lalancette
    Monique Flamand-Lalancette
    Christyane Lalancette
    Annie Racicot
    Rafaël Lalancette
    Camille Lalancette
    Rébecca Lalancette
    André Desjardins
    Rosaire Guénette
  • research
    Denys Desjardins
  • interviews
    Denys Desjardins
  • location sound
    Denys Desjardins
  • picture editing
    Elric Robichon
  • sound editor
    Martin Allard
    Patrice LeBlanc
  • dialog editing
    Marie-Ève Livernoche
  • additional camera
    Martin Morissette
    Ugo Brochu
  • additional sound
    Stéphane Barsalou
  • None
    Vincent Guignard
    Sylvie Lapointe
    Evelyn Reid
    Martin Quesnel
    Claire Bourbonnais
    Solen Labrie Trépanier
  • location photographer
    Ugo Brochu
    Jenny Thibault
  • original music
    Simon Bellefleur
  • musician
    Simon Bellefleur
    Mara Tremblay
    Femke Bergsma
  • technical support - editing
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Pierre Dupont
    Martine Forget
  • online editing
    David Oxilia
    Denis Gathelier
    Françoise Laprise
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • sound effects creation
    Stéphane Cadotte
  • post-sync effects recording
    Luc Léger
  • sound mixer
    Luc Léger
  • visual archives research
    Denys Desjardins
    Carole Varjabédian
  • marketing officer
    Jenny Thibault
  • administrator
    Denise DesLauriers
  • administrative team
    Hélène Regimbal
    Mirabelle Bélanger
    Lise Lévesque
    Dominique Brunet
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
  • producer
    Johanne Bergeron
    Yves Bisaillon
  • executive producer
    Yves Bisaillon

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Education

Ages 15 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Diversity in Communities Geography - Territory: Agricultural History and Citizenship Education - Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
Students will research Quebec’s agricultural history, organizing dates into a timeline, being careful to include urbanization and its effects on rural populations/family farms. They will compare rural vs. urban life. They will research one agricultural product and industry/company. They will research a Quebec industry or their own province’s (e.g., natural resources) and compare similar resource development elsewhere (e.g., China) and debate multinationals/family businesses/overseas export industries.
Au pays des colons
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