The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and 1986. The film reveals the turbulent, behind-the-scenes drama during the Quebec referendum and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. In doing so, it also traces both Trudeau's and Lévesque's fall from power.
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The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and 1986. The film reveals the turbulent, behind-the-scenes drama during the Quebec referendum and the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. In doing so, it also traces both Trudeau's and Lévesque's fall from power.
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directorDonald Brittain
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scriptDonald Brittain
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narratorDonald Brittain
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producerAdam SymanskyDonald Brittain
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executive producerBarrie Howells
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photographyAndreas Poulsson
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soundHans Oomes
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editingRichard Bujold
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sound editingAbbey Jack Neidik
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musicEldon Rathburn
Research
and discuss the terms of the Canadian Constitution of 1979, introduced by
Trudeau and the Liberal Party. Discuss the consequences of the Quebec
referendum and its outcome for the Parti Quebecois and Rene Levesque. Comment
on the roles played by the following, in terms of the political careers of
both Trudeau and Levesque: Jim Coutts, Claude Charron, Claude Ryan, Pierre
Bourgault, and Jean Chretien.
