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A Place that Matters

Renée Blanchar

2015 1 h 29 min

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In Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Acadian artists Renée Blanchar, France Daigle, René Cormier and Allain Roy launch several community projects to bring back the former Youth Club built by Acadie’s first architect, Nazaire Dugas.

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In Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Acadian artists Renée Blanchar, France Daigle, René Cormier and Allain Roy launch several community projects to bring back the former Youth Club built by Acadie’s first architect, Nazaire Dugas.

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Credits

• researcher
  Renée Blanchar
  
• writer
  Renée Blanchar
  
• director
  Renée Blanchar
  
• producer
  Maryse Chapdelaine
  
• cinematography
  Pat Gauvin
  
  Renée Blanchar
  
• sound recording
  Simon Doucet
  
• editing
  Myriam Poirier
  
• sound design
  Sylvain Bellemare
  
• mix
  Jean Paul Vialard
  
• original music
  René Cormier
  
• additional research
  Julie D'Amour Léger
  
• production manager
  Julie D'Amour Léger
  
• production stills
  Julie D'Amour Léger
  
• contribution to creative thinking
  René Cormier
  
  France Daigle
  
  Allain Roy
  
• contribution to research
  René Cormier
  
  France Daigle
  
  Allain Roy
  
• camera assistant
  Jérôme Luc Paulin
  
  Mélanie Chiasson
  
• additional sound recording
  Georges Hannan
  
  Marcel Fraser
  
• editing assistant
  Brad MacDonald
  
• additional cinematography
  Mario Paulin
  
• technical director
  Mario Paulin
  
• technician
  Marc Bédard
  
  Mathieu-Julien Duguay
  
  Shaun Ferguson
  
• participation
  Renée Blanchar
  
  René Cormier
  
  France Daigle
  
  Allain Roy
  
  Doria Albert
  
  Thérèse Albert
  
  Isabelle Aubin
  
  Monique Aubin
  
  Claude Bergeron
  
  Rolande Bernard
  
  Aldora Blanchard
  
  Germain Blanchard
  
  Isabelle Bonnin
  
  Fernande Chouinard
  
  Mathieu Chouinard
  
  Alyre Cormier
  
  Anita Cormier
  
  Louise Cormier
  
  Paul Cormier
  
  Simone Cormier
  
  Julie D'Amour Léger
  
  Adelbert Dugas
  
  Blanche Dugas
  
  Gaëtan Dugas
  
  Lionel Dugas
  
  Kim Foulem
  
  Angélique Gallien
  
  Azarie Gallien
  
  Marie-Maude Gallien
  
  Mélinda Gionet
  
  Valérie Gionet
  
  Lorraine Haché
  
  Brian Irving
  
  Nancy Juneau
  
  Antoine Landry
  
  Gertrude Landry
  
  Mathilda Landry
  
  Mylène Landry
  
  Pierre Lanteigne
  
  John Leroux
  
  Zoé Maigret
  
  Alexy Paulin
  
  Hugues Paulin
  
  Jérémy Paulin
  
  Serge Paulin
  
  André Pinet
  
  Dorice Pinet
  
  Émie Robichaud
  
  Luc Rondeau
  
  Éloi Roy
  
  Marie-Marthe Roy
  
  Aristide Savoie
  
  Frédérick Savoie
  
  Marie-Olive St-Pierre
  
  Yves Thériault
  
• online editing
  Yannick Carrier
  
• computer graphics
  Mélanie Bouchard
  
• titles
  Mélanie Bouchard
  
• music consultant
  Jean-François Mallet
  
  Pascal Lejeune
  
• musician
  Théo Brideau
  
  René Cormier
  
  Pascal Lejeune
  
  Sébastien Michaud
  
  Dillon Robicheau
  
  Isabelle Thériault
  
  Danielle Sametz
  
  Aaron McFarlane
  
  Christopher Buckley
  
  Katharine Bestvater
  
• string quartet arrangement
  François Émond
  
• sound engineer
  Pascal Lejeune
  
  Daniel Bourgeois
  
• music recording
  René Cormier
  
  Daniel Bourgeois
  
• rights clearances
  Sylvia Mezei
  
• technical support
  Isabelle Painchaud
  
  Patrick Trahan
  
  Pierre Dupont
  
• foley
  Jérôme Décarie
  
• foley recording
  Luc Léger
  
• transcription
  Suzanne Beaulieu
  
  Vision Globale
  
• subtitling
  Vision Globale
  
• marketing
  Tammy Peddle
  
• marketing assistant
  Karine Sévigny
  
• communications
  Lily Robert
  
• legal counsel
  Christian Pitchen
  
• administration
  Geneviève Duguay
  
• production coordinator
  Colette Allain
  
• technical coordinator
  Daniel Claveau
  
• executive producer
  Dominic Desjardins
  

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