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The Rise and Fall of English Montreal (1993)

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Directed by
William Weintraub
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
51 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the departure of English-speaking residents from Montreal starting in the 1960s. It focuses on the political and social changes after the 1976 Quebec election that sped up this migration.

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What happens

The Rise and Fall of English Montreal is a 1993 Canadian documentary film directed by William Weintraub and produced by the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. The film deals with the exodus of English-speaking Quebecers that began in the 1960s and was accelerated by the 1976 Quebec general election. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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