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Firewords: Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault, Nicole Brossard

Firewords offers a compelling and intimate portrait of three groundbreaking Quebec writers—Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and Nicole Brossard. Respected yet once considered controversial, they are now celebrated both in Quebec and internationally for shaping a distinctive women’s literature. Through candid interviews and vivid excerpts from their work, the film explores how they challenge literary norms and spotlight the politics of language. From personal to global issues—relationships, justice, poverty, loneliness, women’s spirituality and the future—their voices resonate with feminist insight, poetic rhythm and transformative vision.

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Firewords offers a compelling and intimate portrait of three groundbreaking Quebec writers—Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault and Nicole Brossard. Respected yet once considered controversial, they are now celebrated both in Quebec and internationally for shaping a distinctive women’s literature. Through candid interviews and vivid excerpts from their work, the film explores how they challenge literary norms and spotlight the politics of language. From personal to global issues—relationships, justice, poverty, loneliness, women’s spirituality and the future—their voices resonate with feminist insight, poetic rhythm and transformative vision.

  • director
    Dorothy Todd Henaut
  • producer
    Barbara Janes
  • executive producer
    Kathleen Shannon
  • script
    Marthe Blackburn
    Dorothy Todd Henaut
    Louky Bersianik
    Jovette Marchessault
    Nicole Brossard
  • camera
    Zoe Dirse
    David De Volpi
  • animation camera
    Robin L.P. Bain
    Pierre Landry
  • sound
    Diane Carrière
    Norma Denys
    Claude Hazanavicius
    Michel Charron
    Marcel Delambre
  • editing
    Pascale Laverriere
    Dorothy Todd Henaut
  • sound editing
    Jackie Newell
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
    Shelley Craig
  • animation
    Michèle Pauzé
  • narrator
    Anne Skinner
  • music
    Anne Lauber
    Richard Séguin
    Francine Lévesque
  • cast
    Pol Pelletier
    Marthe Blackburn
    Raphaëlle Nadeau
    Liz Hamilton
Firewords: Louky Bersianik, Jovette Marchessault, Nicole Brossard
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