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The Downtown Project
2011
52 min
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Just a stone’s throw from downtown Montreal is the largest social housing complex in Quebec. Built in 1959 where the red-light district used to be, Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance have retained something of the area’s seedy reputation for poverty, prostitution, drugs and violence. But who really knows the projects and the people who live there? Delving beneath the prejudices and stereotypes, director Isabelle Longtin ventured inside the buildings and met the residents. The result is The Downtown Project, a documentary that reveals a complex multi-ethnic reality made up of compelling personal stories and social movements.
Just a stone’s throw from downtown Montreal is the largest social housing complex in Quebec. Built in 1959 where the red-light district used to be, Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance have retained something of the area’s seedy reputation for poverty, prostitution, drugs and violence. But who really knows the projects and the people who live there? Delving beneath the prejudices and stereotypes, director Isabelle Longtin ventured inside the buildings and met the residents. The result is The Downtown Project, a documentary that reveals a complex multi-ethnic reality made up of compelling personal stories and social movements.
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writerIsabelle Longtin
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directorIsabelle Longtin
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producerRaymonde ProvencherColette Loumède
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cinematographyCharles Latour
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sound recordingSimon Plouffe
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editingRobert CornellierElric Robichon
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original musicGhislain Poirier
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researchIsabelle Longtin
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additional cinematographyFrançois Beauchemin
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additional sound recordingMarcel Fraser
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transcriptionMarjorie Lenneville
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translationPaula McKeown
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subtitlesPaula McKeown
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video post-productionPost-Moderne
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coloristAlexandre Domingue
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assistant editorPier-Luc Latulippe
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post-production coordinatorAnne-Marie Bousquet
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post-production soundPatrice Gill
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sound designBruno Pucella
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sound editingBruno Pucella
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mixRichard Pelletier
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technical consultantDenis Boisvert
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legal consultantLussier & Khouzam
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administratorJohn ChretienJohanne Dubuc
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production managerMélanie Lasnier
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production coordinatorMélanie LasnierHélène RegimbalDominique Brunet
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marketing officerFrançois Jacques
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marketing officer - assistanceÉmilie Nguyen Ngoc
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technical coordinatorRichard Cliche
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administrative assistantLise Lévesque
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associate producerMaryse Chapdelaine
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visual archivesNational Film Board of Canada
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executive producerRobert CornellierPatricio HenríquezRaymonde Provencher