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Between the Solitudes

1992 49 min
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In this documentary, journalist Josh Freed takes a personal journey through English-speaking Montréal; its history, its haunts, its characters, and the difficulties and delights experienced in trying to straddle two solitudes. This is a sometimes angry, often funny and always affectionate portrait of a city split along linguistic lines, as seen through the eyes of its English-speaking minority.

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In this documentary, journalist Josh Freed takes a personal journey through English-speaking Montréal; its history, its haunts, its characters, and the difficulties and delights experienced in trying to straddle two solitudes. This is a sometimes angry, often funny and always affectionate portrait of a city split along linguistic lines, as seen through the eyes of its English-speaking minority.
  • director
    Abbey Jack Neidik
  • producer
    Irene Angelico
    Kent Martin
  • executive producer
    Colin Neale
    Irene Angelico
  • associate producer
    Margaux Ouimet
  • script
    Josh Freed
  • narrator
    Josh Freed
  • cinematography
    James Gray
    Zoe Dirse
  • sound
    Ismaël Cordeiro
  • editing
    Abbey Jack Neidik
    Irene Angelico
  • sound editing
    Viateur Paiement
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
  • music
    Yves Laferrière

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