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Assimilation (2)

  • The Grasslands Project - Les Fransaskois
    The Grasslands Project - Les Fransaskois
    Scott Parker 2016 7 min
    This short documentary from The Grasslands Project zooms in on the Prairies' francophone minority. The southern Prairies are overwhelmingly anglophone, yet a strong and vibrant francophone population persists in the small rural communities that dot this landscape. Gravelbourg is considered the centre of French language and culture in the region, and this short film hears from the Fransaskois (a term combining French and Saskatchewan) on the challenges and future of their unique prairie culture.
  • Tintamarre - On the Trail of Acadians in North America
    Tintamarre - On the Trail of Acadians in North America
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    André Gladu 2004 1 h 19 min
    This feature documentary pays homage to the special character of an enduring people: the Acadians. Two hundred years after Expulsion of the Acadians by the British (1755–1764), Acadian culture is still very much alive. But why do Acadians—whose ancestors founded the first colony in North America—have to keep making a racket to tell the world they're still here?

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