Film

Acadia Acadia

15 September – 6 October, 1999

Curated by Ron Foley MacDonald

This film series by and about Acadians has been selected to complement the exhibition "There are no limits": The Work of Herménégilde Chaisson.

15 September - Fishermen of Pubnico/ Les pêcheurs de Pubnico

Léonard Forest, NFB, 1956, 10 min, b & w, English version

A portrait of a sword-fishing village in south-west Nova Scotia, this is one of the first films made about Acadians by an Acadian.

Les Gossipeuses/The Gossips

Phil Comeau, NFB, 1978, 58 min. French with English subtitles

The first major Acadian dramatic film, an overlooked classic, tells of changing values and wagging tongues on Nova Scotia's French Shore in the late 1970s. A newly returned young Acadian couple scandalize the locals by co-habiting; a broad-minded priest just makes things worse in this humourous, fast-paced story.

17-25 September Atlantic Film and Video Festival - See French Filmmakers at Five

29 September - Robichaud

Herménégilde Chaisson, NFB, 1989, 60 min, English version

Le Grand Jack

Herménégilde Chiasson, NFB, 1986, 60 min, English version

Discussion and Nova Scotian Première: Herménégilde Chaisson will be present in person to discuss his film (including Robichaud and Le Grand Jack) and to present his new film Photographies: Onze artistes du Canada (Photographs, Eleven Canadian Artists).

6 October - Acadia Acadia

Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault, NFB, 1971, 75 min, b & w, English version

The events around the francophone student protest in Moncton in 1968 & '69 were captured by the renowned Quebec filmmaking team of Brault and Perrault in this cinema-verité classic.