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Traces d'une histoire oubliée

1999 50 min
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Documentaire sur l'aventure méconnue de Revillon Frères, grande maison de fourrure parisienne qui s'est installée, au début du siècle, dans le Grand Nord canadien. Largement méconnue, la saga de Revillon est pourtant riche en révélations historiques. Qui sait que la maison comptait au pays 60 postes de traite de fourrures? qu’elle a financé le premier documentaire de l'histoire du cinéma, le célèbre Nanook of the North de Robert Flaherty? Entre les propos des rares témoins de cette histoire oubliée, des descendants de ses protagonistes et de chercheurs passionnés, un univers se recrée sous nos yeux à partir des traces les …

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Documentaire sur l'aventure méconnue de Revillon Frères, grande maison de fourrure parisienne qui s'est installée, au début du siècle, dans le Grand Nord canadien. Largement méconnue, la saga de Revillon est pourtant riche en révélations historiques. Qui sait que la maison comptait au pays 60 postes de traite de fourrures? qu’elle a financé le premier documentaire de l'histoire du cinéma, le célèbre Nanook of the North de Robert Flaherty? Entre les propos des rares témoins de cette histoire oubliée, des descendants de ses protagonistes et de chercheurs passionnés, un univers se recrée sous nos yeux à partir des traces les plus infimes de son existence.

  • director
    Lara Fitzgerald
  • script
    Lara Fitzgerald
  • producer
    Yves Bisaillon
  • delegate producer
    Christian Medawar
  • images
    Louis Durocher
    Charles Lavack
    Ronald Plante
  • animation camera
    Pierre Landry
    Thea Store
  • sound
    Marie-France Delagrave
    Larry MacDonald
    Martin Fossum
    Jay Garuk
    Renaud Leymonerie
  • research
    Paule Laroche
    Lara Fitzgerald
  • editing
    Marianne Sharkey-Grellet
  • sound editor
    Steve Munro
  • sound mixer
    Steve Munro
    Tim Roberts
  • online editing
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Denis Pilon
  • voice
    Dominique Briand
    Jean Emery Gagnon
    Frédéric Geisweiller
  • narration
    Monique Mercure
  • music
    Philippe Lapointe

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Ages 13 to 17
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In history class we all studied the trading activities of the Northwest Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. Yet there is barely a mention of Révillon Frères. It would be interesting to compare the trading practices of the three companies and to understand their marketing methods, their land occupation policies and the indispensable treaties they made with the First Nations. Is there currently an industry in Canada that uses methods of domination to control its territory? What are the consequences of these commercial choices?
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