Québékoisie (2013)

Directed by

Olivier Higgins, Mélanie Carrier

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two filmmakers bike along a Quebec highway to talk with local people about the relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous communities. They explore the history and current state of that connection through conversations and personal encounters.

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What happens

Québékoisie is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins and released in 2013. The film documents a bicycle trip undertaken by the duo along Quebec Route 138 between Quebec City and Natashquan, to explore the relationship between Quebec's indigenous and non-indigenous populations. The film premiered in 2013 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it won the Magnus Isaacson Award for socially conscious filmmaking. The film received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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