1.0 video http://www.nfb.ca/film/louis_joseph_papineau_demi_god Louis-Georges Carrier National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/nfb_tube/thumbs_small/2012/Louis-Joseph-Papineau-the-demi-god_SM.jpg 204 115 <iframe src="http://www.nfb.ca/film/louis_joseph_papineau_demi_god/embed/player" width="530" height="345" ></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/louis_joseph_papineau_demi_god/" target="_blank"><em>Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God </em></a> by <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/louis-georges-carrier/" title="more films by Louis-Georges Carrier" target="_blank">Louis-Georges Carrier</a>, <a href="http://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">National Film Board of Canada</a></p> 530 345 This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary debate, and Speaker of the Lower House, his heart was with the people being pillaged by the business elite. When legislation became the instrument of private advantage, Papineau brought government to a standstill.