Movies: Léonard Forest

  • 1959
    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche (1959)

    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

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    Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche
  • 1959
    Les Brûlés

    Les Brûlés (1959)

    Les Brûlés

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    Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression....

    Les Brûlés
  • 1959
    Fred Barry comédien

    Fred Barry comédien (1959)

    Fred Barry comédien

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    Fred Barry comédien
  • 1960
    Je

    Je (1960)

    Je

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    Pantomime evoking the history of movement in humans performed by Suzanne Rivest....

    Je
  • 1972
    A Sun Like Nowhere Else

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else (1972)

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else

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    A film that witnesses the Acadian awakening and the unprecedented popular awareness that manifested itself in 1972 in northeastern New Brunswick....

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else
  • 1964
    In Search of Innocence

    In Search of Innocence (1964)

    In Search of Innocence

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    A questioning filmmaker from Québec finds out how Vancouver's poets and painters look at life and art. Among the people seen are sculptor Donald Jarvis, painters Jack Shadbolt, Joy Long and Margaret Peterson, and printmaker Sing Lim....

    In Search of Innocence
  • 1959
    Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique

    Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique (1959)

    Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique

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    Ethnologist Marius Barbeau introduces us to indigenous mythology. Masks, dances, songs, and totems are used to give the audience a highly suggestive representation of the "biblical" history (Mr. Barbeau's word) of Indigenous tribes....

    Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique
  • 1968
    Les acadiens de la dispersion

    Les acadiens de la dispersion (1968)

    Les acadiens de la dispersion

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    Documentary on the Acadian identity, featuring the music of Edith Butler, filmed in Canada, France, and Louisiana. This film travels throughout the Acadian diaspora, bearing witness to various perspectives on the social, economic, cultural, religious...

    Les acadiens de la dispersion
  • 1956
    Pêcheurs de Pomcoup

    Pêcheurs de Pomcoup (1956)

    Pêcheurs de Pomcoup

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    Pêcheurs de Pomcoup
  • 1969
    The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet

    The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet (1969)

    The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet

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    Equal parts dramatic film, investigative report, and sociological experiment, this feature-length picture is above all a community undertaking. Made in collaboration with a group of residents of Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada, the film spea...

    The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet
  • 1953
    The Calèche Driver

    The Calèche Driver (1953)

    The Calèche Driver

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    A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic avenues of the Old City have changed considerably, the Old World charm of Québec City is timeless....

    The Calèche Driver
  • 1957
    Haiti

    Haiti (1957)

    Haiti

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    This short film from the Perspective series highlights social and economic development in Haiti circa 1957. It depicts customs and traditions used to pass along the history of a people, and offers a look into their daily lives — lives that looks very...

    Haiti
  • 1953
    Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering

    Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering (1953)

    Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering

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    Ten-year-old Ti-Jean's feats dwarf those of even the strongest lumberjack as he fells timber, cuts, carries and piles heavy logs, and comes out the victor in every contest. This short French-Canadian folk tale portrays typical life and work in a wint...

    Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering
  • 1964
    Walls of Memory

    Walls of Memory (1964)

    Walls of Memory

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    A wealth of archival images offers a glimpse into Québec City’s social history in this tribute to French Canada’s first classical college, the Seminary of Québec....

    Walls of Memory