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A Sun Like Nowhere Else

Léonard Forest

1972 47 min

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Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their feelings toward governments wanting to relocate and urbanize them, about present-day "tragedies" in their communities, and about their hopes for a productive future.

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Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their feelings toward governments wanting to relocate and urbanize them, about present-day "tragedies" in their communities, and about their hopes for a productive future.

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Francophone Communities

Social Issues

Economics

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Credits

• director
  Léonard Forest
  
• editing
  Léonard Forest
  
• producer
  Jean-Marc Garand
  
• camera
  Benoît Rivard
  
• sound
  Jean-Guy Normandin
  
  Ron Seltzer
  
• sound editing
  Jacques Jarry
  
• music
  Calixte Duguay
  
  Marie-Reine Chiasson
  

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