Back to the Land (1976)

Back to the Land

1976

Documentary

Synopsis

Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s. There are witnesses to the heroic era, including the cultivator Hauris Lalancette, as well as extracts from films by Father Maurice Proulx (1934-1940).

Credits

Director

Pierre Perrault

Crew

Louise Carré (Administration)

Monique Létourneau (Administration)

Roseline Breton (Administration)

Serge Giguère (Camera Technician)

Bernard Gosselin (Director of Photography)

Claire Boyer (Editor)

Paul Larose (Producer)

Gilles Quintal (Sound Editor)