Jean-Pierre Masse
Jean-Pierre Masse has made about fifteen films, a majority of which are socially engaged documentaries, including the very first documentary on the FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front), two films devoted to Haiti, as well as the important documentaries La nuit de la poésie of 1970, 1980 and 1991 co-directed with Jean-Claude Labrecque. He also taught cinema at UQAM from 1976 to 2008 and thus trained a large number of filmmakers in Quebec. Jean-Pierre Masse was one of the founders and judges of the Course destination monde for several years. During his career, he has also participated as an editor, assistant director and performer in a large number of artistic and educational productions.
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Swing la baquaise
The personal and professional life of whom we commonly know as La Bolduc, told by Simone and Nana de Varennes who knew the successful singer in the 1930s. Behind the dazzling verses of this courageous Gaspesian, the film draws a parallel with the working class of the 1960s.
FLQ
Premier documentaire entièrement consacré au FLQ. Ce film s'intéresse aux fondateurs de l'organisation clandestine. Il alterne entre images d'archives retraçant les actions des premiers felquistes, leur arrestation et leur procès et un entretien collectif avec quatre militants du FLQ - François Gagnon, Jacques Giroux, Jean-Denis Lamoureux et Raymond Villeneuve - réalisé après leur libération de...
Swing la baquaise
The personal and professional life of whom we commonly know as La Bolduc, told by Simone and Nana de Varennes who knew the successful singer in the 1930s. Behind the dazzling verses of this courageous Gaspesian, the film draws a parallel with the working class of the 1960s.
FLQ
Premier documentaire entièrement consacré au FLQ. Ce film s'intéresse aux fondateurs de l'organisation clandestine. Il alterne entre images d'archives retraçant les actions des premiers felquistes, leur arrestation et leur procès et un entretien collectif avec quatre militants du FLQ - François Gagnon, Jacques Giroux, Jean-Denis Lamoureux et Raymond Villeneuve - réalisé après leur libération de...
