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Atlantic Provinces (3)

  • The Song and the Sorrow
    The Song and the Sorrow
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    Millefiore Clarkes 2018 42 min
    The Song and the Sorrow follows Catherine as she journeys to understand her father and face her own struggles with mental illness. Through archival footage and intimate interviews with friends, family members, and musicians who knew and played with Gene—including Anne Murray, Lennie Gallant, and the late Ron Hynes—the film reveals a troubled and loving man who was never at ease with fame or money.
  • Then Sings My Soul
    Then Sings My Soul
    Susan Rodgers 2021 14 min
    Prince Edward Island singer and part-time fisherman Chad Matthews is a hardworking father of four and a Stompin’ Tom Connors tribute artist. In a rural town where making a living means only earning minimum wage, Then Sings My Soul follows Chad as he reaches for a guitar to help ease the pain.
  • Trécarré: Exploring the Saint Mary’s Bay Sound
    Trécarré: Exploring the Saint Mary’s Bay Sound
    Natalie Robichaud 2024 30 min
    Musical culture is part of the DNA in the Nova Scotia Acadian community of Baie Sainte-Marie. Brimming with talent, members of the local music scene are reinventing tradition and taking their vibrant rhythms far beyond the region’s boundaries. Rich in dialect and bursting with local tunes, Trécarré invites us to discover the magic of music that asks us not just to listen, but to share it, dance to it and live it.

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