After studying law, cinema and musicology at the University of Montreal, Guylaine Maroist became a freelance journalist at Le Devoir in the early 90s. In 2002, she founded La Ruelle Films to produce auteur documentaries with producer/director Eric Ruel. The tandem produced numerous films: Chanter plus fort que la mer (2003), Bombes à retardement (2007), Gentilly or Not To Be (2012), God Save Justin Trudeau (2015) and Expo 67 Mission impossible (2017). In 2015, she was made a member of the non-governmental organization Pugwash which has been influencing the United Nations and heads of state since 1957 on matters of peace and nuclear disarmament. In 2020, she released with Eric Ruel the documentary _Jukebox: An American Dream Made in Quebec. _In 2021-2022, Guylaine Maroist was a visiting professor at UQAM's École des médias. Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age, co-directed with Léa Clermont-Dion, is her most recent documentary project.
Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age
Duration: 2h40On two continents, four women fall victim to extreme cyber violence: Marion Séclin, a French actress and YouTuber, Laura Boldrini, President of the Italian Parliament, Kiah Morris, an American Democratic representative, and Laurence Gratton, a young Quebecois teacher. Abandoned by law enforcement, the political class, and Web giants who make billions from hatred, they decide to fight back and n...
Ce thriller documentaire, signé par Guylaine Maroist, Michel Barbeau et Éric Ruel, nous propose de vivre l’aventure incroyable des hommes qui ont fait Terre des Hommes. Le temps a passé, les langues se sont déliées, tout peut émerger, telle l’île Notre-Dame des eaux du Saint-Laurent. Grâce à un accès sans précèdent à plus de 80 000 documents provenant du fonds d’archives d’Expo 67 et aux témoi...
Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age
Duration: 2h40On two continents, four women fall victim to extreme cyber violence: Marion Séclin, a French actress and YouTuber, Laura Boldrini, President of the Italian Parliament, Kiah Morris, an American Democratic representative, and Laurence Gratton, a young Quebecois teacher. Abandoned by law enforcement, the political class, and Web giants who make billions from hatred, they decide to fight back and n...
Ce thriller documentaire, signé par Guylaine Maroist, Michel Barbeau et Éric Ruel, nous propose de vivre l’aventure incroyable des hommes qui ont fait Terre des Hommes. Le temps a passé, les langues se sont déliées, tout peut émerger, telle l’île Notre-Dame des eaux du Saint-Laurent. Grâce à un accès sans précèdent à plus de 80 000 documents provenant du fonds d’archives d’Expo 67 et aux témoi...