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Un certain souvenir

2002 51 min
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Ce court métrage documentaire sonde les origines de la célèbre devise québécoise « Je me souviens » en interrogeant plusieurs Québécois et Québécoises, des personnalités connues du cinéma, de la télévision et du théâtre, ainsi que des musiciens. Il en ressort une grande variété d'interprétations – parfois tristes, parfois drôles – qui mettent en lumière la complexité de la société québécoise, ses contradictions, ses espoirs et ses rêves.

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Ce court métrage documentaire sonde les origines de la célèbre devise québécoise « Je me souviens » en interrogeant plusieurs Québécois et Québécoises, des personnalités connues du cinéma, de la télévision et du théâtre, ainsi que des musiciens. Il en ressort une grande variété d'interprétations – parfois tristes, parfois drôles – qui mettent en lumière la complexité de la société québécoise, ses contradictions, ses espoirs et ses rêves.

Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism History - Canada Social Issues Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Politics and Government - Canada Francophone Communities All subjects
  • director
    Thierry Le Brun
  • research
    Thierry Le Brun
  • producer
    Adam Symansky
  • script advisor
    Fernand Bélanger
  • picture editing
    Martial Éthier
    Fernand Bélanger
  • camera
    Jocelyn Belzile
    Philippe Falardeau
  • location sound
    Alain Tremblay
    Ismaël Cordeiro
    Craig Lapp
    Gilles Corbeil
    Karen Feiertag
  • participation
    Octavain Blakevici
    Tom Garrett
    Jerry Stein
    Michel Patry
    Billy Two Rivers
    Flint Tecumseh Eagle
    Dale Dione
    Kenneth Deer
    Karine Fredette
    Lise Lepage
    Michel Belainsky
    Yves Leblanc
    Gaston Deschênes
    Martha Singer
    Pierre Sénécal
    René-Daniel Dubois
    Heather Keath-Ryan
    Alden Ticehurst
    Richard Stoddard
    Denis-Pierre Boileau
    Denise Roy
    Jean-Guy Martel
    Bernard Houle
    Pierre Falardeau
    Julien Poulin
    Janette Bertrand
    Dominique Bélanger
    Pierre-Marc Gendron
    Gérard Létourneau
    Jean-Yves Gagnon
    Jean-Claude Plourde
    Anne Trépannier
    Daniel Duguay
    Myrtha Dominique
    Carol Zimmerman
    John Kalina
    Georges Konan
    June Mayers
    Fusinato Sesto
  • rapper
    Loco Locass
  • additional camera
    Stefan Nitoslawski
    Alexandra Grimanis
    Luc Saint-Laurent
  • None
    Karina Goma
    Paule Gagnier
    Andrée Lachapelle
    Julie Perron
    Karina Mariano
    Patrick Viegas
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • library research
    Katherine Kasirer
    Christiane Talbot
    Yves Chartrand
    Colette Lebeuf
    Renée Bourgault
  • narration - writer
    Thierry Le Brun
  • technical coordinator
    Claude Cardinal
    Linda Payette
  • sound editing
    André Chaput
  • sound effects creation
    Chris Piggins
  • sound mixer
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Gathelier
  • animation camera
    Pierre Landry
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • subtitles
    Nathalie Nicole
  • digital editing services
    Claude Chevalier
    Danielle Raymond
    Phyllis Lewis
    Ochelle Greenidge
    Chaz Oliver
  • administration
    Marie Tonto-Donati
  • administration - assistance
    Andrée Lachapelle
    Sia Koukoulas
  • executive producer
    Sally Bochner

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Education

Ages 9 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Diversity in Communities History and Citizenship Education - Quebec Society Since 1980 Indigenous Studies - Identity/Society Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
In our increasingly multi-ethnic classrooms, this documentary will surely generate impassioned debates about language and Québécois identity. To unravel the motto “Je me souviens,” and identify what it refers to, is to open a Pandora’s box containing all sorts of memories that are different for everyone. Anglophones, allophones, First Nations, “old-stock” francophone Quebecers and more recent arrivals—everybody has their own interpretation. This documentary is a perfect tool for Humanities or Diversity and Pluralism courses, and will be just as useful in History and Citizenship Education.
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