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Harmonium en Californie

1980 28 min
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Ce documentaire haut en couleur et en sons, filmé en Californie en 1978, relate les hauts et les bas du voyage du groupe musical québécois Harmonium, venu tâter le pouls des Américains et voir si la culture, leur culture, peut réussir à franchir les frontières et s'imposer d'elle-même.

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Ce documentaire haut en couleur et en sons, filmé en Californie en 1978, relate les hauts et les bas du voyage du groupe musical québécois Harmonium, venu tâter le pouls des Américains et voir si la culture, leur culture, peut réussir à franchir les frontières et s'imposer d'elle-même.

  • director
    Robert Fortier
  • editing
    Robert Fortier
  • producer
    Marrin Canell
  • executive producer
    Barrie Howells
  • images
    Barry Perles
    André-Luc Dupont
  • sound
    Hans Oomes
    Bev Davidson
  • sound editing
    André Galbrand
  • music recording
    Jacques Drouin
  • sound mixer
    Hans Peter Strobl
  • narration
    Jean-Marie Lemieux
  • music
    Harmonium

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Ages 15 to 17
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After screening the film, have students do a research project on the international reach and reputation of Quebec culture, citing arguments used in the film and then expanding their analysis using related articles. Then they must write an argumentative essay on the question of whether it is necessary to finance the exporting of Quebec cultural products.
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