The Choice of a People

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The Choice of a People
French Le Choix d'un peuple
Directed byHugues Mignault
Written byBernard Lalonde
Hugues Mignault
Michel Pratt
Jean Saulnier
Produced byBernard Lalonde
CinematographyMarc Bergeron, Carl Brubacher, Michel Caron, Bruno Carrière, Louis de Ernsted, André Gagnon, François Gill, James Gray, Daniel Jobin, Richard Lavoie, Maurice Roy, Marc Tardif, Robert Vanherweghem
Edited byJean Saulnier
Music byMarc O'Farrell
Production
company
Les Films de la Rive
Distributed byCinéma Libre
Release date
  • August 30, 1985 (1985-08-30)(MWFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Choice of a People (French : Le Choix d'un peuple) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Hugues Mignault and released in 1985. [1] The film recounts the events of the 1980 Quebec referendum, on both the Yes and No sides. [2]

The film premiered on August 30, 1985, at the Montreal World Film Festival. [1]

The film was a shortlisted Genie Award finalist for Best Documentary Film at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bill Brownstein, "Movie gets at guts of referendum". Montreal Gazette , August 31, 1985.
  2. Don Macpherson, "Referendum film trifles with history". Montreal Gazette , September 20, 1985.
  3. Sid Adilman, "Genie films are coming on strong". Toronto Star , February 14, 1986.