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St-Henri, the 26th of August

Name: St-Henri, the 26th of August
Duration: 1 h 25 min

Shannon Walsh , Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette , Richard Brouillette , Tracey Deer , Claude Demers , Halima Elkhatabi , Sylvain L'Espérance , Caroline Martel , Amy Miller , Kaveh Nabatian , Denis Valiquette , Karen Vanderborght & Shannon Walsh

2011 | 1 h 25 min

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A collaborative work made in the spirit of cinéma-vérité, St-Henri, the 26th of August was directed by Shannon Walsh and16 fellow documentary filmmakers. Chronicling life in a former working-class Montreal neighbourhood over a 24-hour period, St-Henri, the 26th of August follows several compelling stories and characters. The film is an homage to the 1962 Hubert Aquin classic À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre.

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Credits

director

Shannon Walsh
editor

Sophie Leblond
sound design

Daniel Lagacé
sound edit

Daniel Lagacé
writer

Shannon Walsh

Denis Valiquette
producer

Sarah Spring

Colette Loumède
associate producer

Selin Murat

Maryse Chapdelaine
unit director

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Richard Brouillette

Tracey Deer

Claude Demers

Halima Elkhatabi

Sylvain L'Espérance

Caroline Martel

Amy Miller

Kaveh Nabatian

Denis Valiquette

Karen Vanderborght

Shannon Walsh
additional direction

Fabien Côté

Yanie Dupont-Hébert

Julie Fontaine

Paul Kell

Brett Story
participant

Daniel Humbert

Doris Bafaro

Jessy Dubois-L'Alonde

Jeremy Tremblay

Jin Yong Lee

Daniel Cameron

François Bégin Perron

Lydia Bégin Perron

Lucie Perron

Natasha Perron

Yolande Brunelle

Richard Call

Yanick Fournier

Jonathan Dumas

Claude Hachey

Stéfane Desjardins

Robert Labrecque

Edmée Savoie

Marie Ève Mineau

Valérie Gaudreault

Belinda Agbeko

Wendy Agbeko

Thérèse Melançon

Denise Melançon

Khai Hiep Tran

Oktay "Baby-Face" Kazimoglu

Félix "X-Boy" Gaudreau

Herby Whyne

Walter Kaheruton

Jonas Gilbert

Danielle Plamondon

Rage5

Sylvain Lemieux

Jean-Paul Beaudoin

Jennifer Paquette

Bubonic Bear
director of photography

Marie-Noël Arseneau

Geoffroy Beauchemin

Fabien Côté

Boban Chaldovich

Jeff Dorn

Yanie Dupont-Hébert

Julien Fontaine

Katerine Giguère

Paul Kell

Philippe Lavalette

Martin Leblanc

Jacques Leduc

Sylvain L'Espérance

Jean-Pierre Saint-Louis
sound

Santiago Bertolino

Fabien Côté

Jose Garcia

Simon Goulet

Daniel Lagacé

Marc Larouche

Olivier Léger

Alexandre Le Mouël

Martine Morin

Christophe Motte

Kyle Stanfield

Lynne Trépanier

Catherine Van Der Donckt

Sylvain Vary
assistant to the producer

Samara Grace Chadwick
production manager

Bruno Dequen

Simon Dragland

Andrea Feder
gear coordinator

Daniel Froidevaux
technical coordinator

Alexandre Domingue

Richard Cliche

France Couture
data wrangler

Jonathan Durand

Howie Pun
runner

Aisling Chin-Yee

Juliet Lammers

Marco Valiquette

Joseph Yarmush
craft

Salah Samghour

Mathieu Winnicki
production assistant

Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette

Pascal Bergeron

Laetitia Bertolino

Samara Grace Chadwick

Claire Chevalier

Laurence Fauteux

Tobie Fraser

Jose Garcia

Gaelle Janvier

Tim Kelly

Craig Knox

Shahriar el Kosht

Andres Livov

Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Gabrielle Provost

David Widginton
assistant editor

Amélie Labrèche

Ariane Pétel-Despots

Robby Reis

Charles Verret
sound mixer

Jean Paul Vialard
sound assistant

Pierre-Yves Decoste

Francesco Neri
post services

Alexandre Domingue
post coordinator

Anne-Marie Bousquet
visual effects

Guillaume Pelletier
on-line

Justin Lachance
colour correction

Julien Alix
director original programming

Sylvie de Bellefeuille
production coordinator

Dominique Brunet
administrative support

Lise Lévesque
editing support

Danielle Raymond

Isabelle Painchaud

Pierre Dupont
marketing

François Jacques
marketing assistant

Émilie Nguyen Ngoc
administrator

Johanne Dubuc

Manon Provencher
consultant

Pepita Ferrari
research

Shannon Walsh

Denis Valiquette
additional research

Amy Twigge

Claude Paquette

Marco Valiquette
production intern

Nisha Platzer
set photographer

Rachel Granofsky

Jessica Petunia

Marie-Pierre Boucher
legal counsel

Remy Khouzam

Caroline Jonnaert

Kerry Williams
subtitles

Sabrina Leblond-Murphy

Catherine Leroux
credits

Marc Rimmer
Making of director

Rémy Huberdeau
making of camera

Colleen Ayoup

Olivier D. Asselin

Josué Bertolino

Karl Armen Boudjikanian

Samara Grace Chadwick

Boban Chaldovich

Jose Garcia

Rémy Huberdeau

Francesco Neri

Hugo Samson

Denis Valiquette

Shannon Walsh
original score

Patrick Watson
musician

Brad Barr

Joe Grass

Sarah Pagé

Stefan Schneider

Colin Stetson

Pierre-Yves Martel

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