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Embers

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2020 30 min
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With a little bit of resourcefulness, people can confront the greatest challenges. And when the environment is under threat, a peaceful resistance springs to life.

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Embers
  • Territories
    Territories
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 37 min
    An emerging generation of farmers unites around a common cause: developing initiatives that favour sustainable and rewarding community-based agriculture. Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter.

  • Seeds
    Seeds
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 32 min
    Nature awakens and the food self-sufficiency project takes shape. Preserving the region’s ecosystem, however, demands awareness-raising efforts.
  • Roots
    Roots
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 33 min
    Spring is the season for working the land and planting. Thanks to a cooperative approach and mutual aid, everything runs more efficiently.
  • Embers
    Embers
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 30 min
    With a little bit of resourcefulness, people can confront the greatest challenges. And when the environment is under threat, a peaceful resistance springs to life.
  • Harvests
    Harvests
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 31 min
    With the right vision in place, the land has real potential. In farm fields or in the streets, strength in numbers matters above all.
  • Communities
    Communities
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot 2020 32 min
    Viewer Advisory: This film contains scenes of animal slaughter..

    Fall has come: the harvest festival, hunting and butchering season. The village gets ready for winter. As ties between communities are strengthened, the Gaspé is changing.

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A must-see documentary series that offers fresh perspectives and a sensitive, hopeful look at environmental challenges through the eyes of some colourful and inspiring characters.

  • director
    Moïse Marcoux-Chabot
  • producer
    Colette Loumède
  • executive producer
    Nathalie Cloutier

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