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View from the Summit
2002
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This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas. A 4-kilometre fence has been erected, cutting off the Upper Town from the rest of the city. Thirty-four heads of state from the Americas will meet behind closed doors to discuss agreements for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Those opposed to the FTAA are mobilizing and gathering in Quebec City, too. Several thousand delegates have come to participate in the People's Summit, and tens of thousands will march in protest. Six thousand police officers fill …
This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas. A 4-kilometre fence has been erected, cutting off the Upper Town from the rest of the city. Thirty-four heads of state from the Americas will meet behind closed doors to discuss agreements for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Those opposed to the FTAA are mobilizing and gathering in Quebec City, too. Several thousand delegates have come to participate in the People's Summit, and tens of thousands will march in protest. Six thousand police officers fill the streets and it looks as if the historic Quebec capital is under siege. The local population fears the worst. Will the Quebec capital become a battleground?
Shot in cinéma vérité style by 7 of Quebec's best documentary filmmakers, View from the Summit vividly portrays what happens when passionate and creative protesters clash with the ideologies of those in power.
Shot in cinéma vérité style by 7 of Quebec's best documentary filmmakers, View from the Summit vividly portrays what happens when passionate and creative protesters clash with the ideologies of those in power.
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original ideaMagnus Isacsson
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scriptMagnus Isacsson
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directingMagnus Isacsson
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participationThomas D'AquinoPhilippe DuhamelRichard FeinbergPierre GoupilTania HalléGraciela Rodriguez
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collaborationLuc CôtéPhilippe FalardeauMarie-Claude HarveyAnne HendersonPatricio Henríquez
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principal photographyFrançois BeaucheminRénald BellemareHenry BernadetMartin DuckworthAndrei KhabadEve LamontMartin LeclercJean-Pierre Saint-Louis
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editingLouise Côté
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musicRené Lussier
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researchGavin AndrewsHenry BernadetLuc CôtéAnne HendersonMagnus IsacssonPaul Lapointe
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additional photographyOlivier AsselinLuc CôtéPatricio HenríquezMagnus Isacsson
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sound recordingÉric CeltonMarie-France DelagraveCraig LappBertrand LemoineHubert Macé de GastinesChantal RhéaumeYves Saint-JeanPhilippe ScultétyVictor TendlerAlain Tremblay
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production managementDoris Lapierre
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technical coordinationHubert Macé de Gastines
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production assistantHélène DugasClaude GasserNoémie Guérin-GosselinAlie GrayCatherine HébertChristophe KnowlesChantal LabontéMarie-Dominique LahaiseCaroline MartelÉlise MassuardSteven ValinÉric Watelle
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production stillsJacques Nadeau
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administrationJean-François Foucault
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post-production coordinationClaire BuffetClaude CardinalPatsy-Ann Francoeur
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editing assistantMarie-Claude BrouilletteThéo Van Brabant
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online editingJean-Gilles ValenceGuillaume Millet
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graphic artistSophia Southam
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subtitlesJocelyne ClarkeDanielle HenripinConception Cortacans
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sound designMartin AllardHugo Brochu
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sound editingMartin AllardHugo Brochu
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music recordingGeoffrey MitchellPatrick Viegas
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sound mixSerge BoivinJean Paul Vialard
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music performerGuillaume DostalerFrançois ChauvetteMaxime LepageRené Lussier
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archival researchJocelyne ClarkeAndrea Henriquez
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producerPaul LapointeGermaine Ying Gee WongJacques Ménard
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executive producerPaul LapointeSally Bochner
Ages 11 to 17
School subjects
At the April 2001 Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, two conflicting visions of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), designed to achieve the economic integration of two whole continents, played out. How would you describe the forces at work? Name the various activist factions seen in the documentary, and the actions they defended. How would you describe the media’s treatment of the summit? Do you think they exaggerated the level of violence to sell more newspapers or boost ratings, or simply conveyed the information provided to them by the police? What is forbidden by the Geneva Convention? What lesson does one draw from the Nuremberg Trials? Do you think it is a fair comparison, under the circumstances? Do you think the director was able to maintain a balance of viewpoints?