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High Wire

2019 1 h 22 min
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In 2003, Canada refused to follow the United States in invading Iraq. The film examines the behind-the-scenes tug of war that took place at the time with our neighbours to the south.

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High Wire examines the reasons that Canada declined to take part in the 2003 US-led military mission in Iraq, shining a spotlight on the diplomatic tug of war that took place behind the scenes with our neighbours to the south, who have often adopted an interventionist foreign policy to serve their own economic and geopolitical interests. Canada’s historic refusal could have had disastrous consequences, but a number of key players and other analysts remind us of the terrible price we pay when diplomacy fails.

  • writer
    Claude Guilmain
  • research
    Claude Guilmain
    Marika Lapointe
    Kisha Pembe
  • director
    Claude Guilmain
  • participant
    Miloud Chennoufi
    Jean Chrétien
    Paul Heinbecker
    Edward Goldenberg
    Chantal Hébert
    Claude Laverdure
    Karine Prémont
  • camera
    Jean-Marc Abela
    Philip Grondin
  • location sound
    René Portillo
    Frédéric Edwards
    Marco Fania
    Simon Paine
  • editing
    Boban Chaldovich
  • sound editing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • original music
    Martin Léon
  • original music - assistance
    Alexis Dumais
  • musician
    Martin Léon
    Alexis Dumais
    Sheila Hannigan
  • production manager
    Kristel Viduka
  • camera assistant
    Félix Desroches
  • multi-screen system designer
    Grégory Palanque
  • multi-screen system assistant
    Aurélien Muller
  • dolly grip
    Camille Bergeron Bégin
  • foley
    Stéphane Cadotte
  • foley recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • titles
    Jacques Bertrand Simard
  • sound mixing
    Isabelle Lussier
  • credits
    Christian Langlois
  • graphic animation
    Christian Langlois
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • design animation
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • subtitles
    MELS
  • translation
    MELS
  • marketing manager
    Karine Sévigny
  • production coordinator
    Sara Sajedi
    Laura Bergeron
    Aliou Diallo
  • administrator
    Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
  • line production
    Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Claveau
    Mira Mailhot
  • technical support
    Patrick Trahan
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Pierre Dupont
  • technical audio support
    Bernard Belley
  • legal counsel
    Peter Kallianiotis
  • executive producer
    Denis McCready
    Dominic Desjardins

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