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Quelques raisons d'espérer

2001 1 h 24 min
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Documentaire qui trace un portrait de Pierre Dansereau, professeur québécois, humaniste et écologiste reconnu mondialement pour ses recherches sur les écosystèmes. Le film nous entraîne de la terre de Baffin à la mégapole new-yorkaise, en passant par la Gaspésie et le Brésil.

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Documentaire qui trace un portrait de Pierre Dansereau, professeur québécois, humaniste et écologiste reconnu mondialement pour ses recherches sur les écosystèmes. Le film nous entraîne de la terre de Baffin à la mégapole new-yorkaise, en passant par la Gaspésie et le Brésil.
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  • participation
    Pierre Dansereau
    Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
    Gérard Aymonin
    Fernando Catarino
    Françoise Masson-Dansereau
    Suzanne Daveau
    Gotschalk Da Silva Fraga
    Pierre dos Santos Pacheco
    Daniel Garneau
    Louis E. Hamelin
    André Lafond
    Peirce Lewis
    Antonio M. Paiva
    Mauricio Andrés Ribeiro
    Michael Tooley
    André Luiz Awes Da Cunha
    Luciana Braga Bezerra
    Anaïs Bertrand Dansereau
    Gabriel Dansereau
    Luciano de Jesus Conceicao
    Gustavo dos Santos Da Silva
    Gutti Fraça
    Larissa Hallis
    Edgar Kuhlman
    Camille Laverdière
    Alceo Magnanini
    Paul Rey
    Sabrina Rodrigues Rosa
    Paulo Freire Vieira
  • direction assistant
    Carmen Garcia
    Sylvie Lapointe
  • picture
    Philippe Lavalette
    Marc Gadoury
  • None
    Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette
    Martin F. Leblanc
    Gilles Laliberté
    Michel Bissonnette
    Georges Mauro
    David Poisey
    Frederick Galfas
    Marie-Noëlle Swiderski
    Franck Sanson
    Maria Joa Pereira
    Patricia Marques
    Dulce Continentino
    Marc Larochelle
    Élise Labbé
    Dany Delpy
    Josée Trudel
  • editing
    Hélène Girard
  • sound
    Diane Carrière
    Catherine Van Der Donckt
  • sound editing
    Marie-Claude Gagné
  • electrician
    Gilles Mayer
  • original music
    Francine Beaudry
  • orchestration
    Francine Beaudry
  • music mixing
    Luc Papineau
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Service de postproduction image de l'ONF
  • techno support
    Danielle Raymond
  • technical coordination
    Richard Cliche
  • production director
    Colette Brodeur
  • producer's assistant
    Christiane Germain
  • direction
    Fernand Dansereau
  • direction - assistance
    Jacques Payette
  • production
    Éric Michel

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Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Geography - Environmental Issues Geography - Territory: Urban Science - Life Systems/Ecology

Comment on Dansereau's passion as he visits and discusses the various landscapes around the world. Discuss his philosophy of symbiosis between human beings and the landscapes of the world by applying natural ecological laws to man-made rural and urban environments. How does he remain so optimistic about our future on earth? Is his perception realistic? Clearly explain his "world view".

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