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Manicouagan
A driven but intimate work, this film recounts the history of Manicouagan (North Shore, Quebec) a legendary territory shaped by the impact of an asteroid 215 million years ago. From the St. Lawrence River to north of the 51st parallel, the legendary Route 389 brings us to the heart of this meteor crater to meet some extraordinary individuals (astrophysicists, geologists, truck-stop manager, hik...
Antoine
With _Antoine_, filmmaker Laura Bari treats us to a sensitive portrait of a six-year-old boy, one like any other, except that he’s blind. We follow Antoine in his classes, playing with friends, skating, and visiting family. We accompany him on imaginary excursions as a detective, listen to him as a radio host, and sit shotgun as he drives his parents’ car. Antoine allows us access back into chi...
Inniun ueshkat mak anutshish
A conversation between a mother and her daughter; memories of passing from the hut to the house.
Language is a Love Story
In Montreal, in Madame Loiseau’s class, newcomers to the country are starting the school year. Whether they are from Syria, Nepal, Afghanistan, or Djibouti, their knowledge of French is limited, if not nonexistent. Guided by a compassionate and dedicated teacher, these adults—who dream of a better life, and some of whom have never been to school before—gradually become acquainted with the cultu...
The Ballad of Hard Times
_The Ballad of Hard Times_ is a musical tragedy, a sung chronicle, a tale of the suffering, solidarity, and resilience of ordinary people during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is also a journey through time aboard the economy’s runaway train. It is the revelation of this collective memory that history seeks to make us forget, but which ordinary people remember with the precision of a bad...
Manicouagan
A driven but intimate work, this film recounts the history of Manicouagan (North Shore, Quebec) a legendary territory shaped by the impact of an asteroid 215 million years ago. From the St. Lawrence River to north of the 51st parallel, the legendary Route 389 brings us to the heart of this meteor crater to meet some extraordinary individuals (astrophysicists, geologists, truck-stop manager, hik...
Antoine
With _Antoine_, filmmaker Laura Bari treats us to a sensitive portrait of a six-year-old boy, one like any other, except that he’s blind. We follow Antoine in his classes, playing with friends, skating, and visiting family. We accompany him on imaginary excursions as a detective, listen to him as a radio host, and sit shotgun as he drives his parents’ car. Antoine allows us access back into chi...
Inniun ueshkat mak anutshish
A conversation between a mother and her daughter; memories of passing from the hut to the house.
Language is a Love Story
In Montreal, in Madame Loiseau’s class, newcomers to the country are starting the school year. Whether they are from Syria, Nepal, Afghanistan, or Djibouti, their knowledge of French is limited, if not nonexistent. Guided by a compassionate and dedicated teacher, these adults—who dream of a better life, and some of whom have never been to school before—gradually become acquainted with the cultu...
The Ballad of Hard Times
_The Ballad of Hard Times_ is a musical tragedy, a sung chronicle, a tale of the suffering, solidarity, and resilience of ordinary people during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is also a journey through time aboard the economy’s runaway train. It is the revelation of this collective memory that history seeks to make us forget, but which ordinary people remember with the precision of a bad...
