The Champions (1986)

Directed by

Donald Brittain

Country

United States

How it feels

This mini-series traces the lives and careers of Canadian politicians Pierre Trudeau and Rene Levesque. It covers their early years through their time in power and retirement.

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What happens

The Champions is a three-part Canadian documentary mini-series on the lives of Canadian political titans and adversaries Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. Directed by Donald Brittain and co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the series follows Trudeau and Lévesque from their early years until their fall from power in the mid 1980s. The series itself took over a decade to complete. The first two-hour-long episodes Unlikely Warriors and Trappings of Power were released in 1978. The third installment, the 87-minute The Final Battle, was not completed until 1986, after both men had retired from politics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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