René Lévesque was a Canadian television miniseries that aired on CBC Television in 2006. It stars Emmanuel Bilodeau as former-Quebec premier René Lévesque.
In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.
In 1970s Quebec, a French-Canadian man finds himself falsely accused of terrorism during the FLQ crisis and imprisoned under martial law. The film explores the impact of the war measures act and the Quebec separatist movement on his life.
Octobre is a drama film that depicts the events of the October Crisis in Quebec in 1970, when a group of Quebecois separatists kidnapped a British trade commissioner. The film explores the ethnic conflict, terrorism, and political tensions surrounding the crisis.
A woman learns secrets about her family while attending the funeral of her father.
This feature documentary gives voice to various English-speaking groups in Montréal and other places in Québec as they react to the October Crisis of 1970, when Québec nationalism took a violent turn. A British diplomat had been kidnapped, a Québec cabinet minister murdered. The troops were brought in as a safeguard. This film is a vigorous reflection of the discussions and analyses of the situation that went on wherever people gathered, voicing attitudes and fears, sympathies and concerns.
A documentary recounting the kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Vice-Premier & Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte by the FLQ on October 5, 1970 in Quebec.
Explore the events and aftermath of the October Crisis of 1970 in Canada, when the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped two government officials, leading to the implementation of the War Measures Act and a martial law-like situation.
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