Shadow Men (2017)
- Directed by
- Renée Blanchar
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows three Acadian men working in the Alberta oil sands, far from their families. It shows how the long separations affect the men, their wives, and their children back home in Atlantic Canada.
poignantintimatesoberingcontemplativeemotionally weightygroundedquietly observational
What happens
Shadow Men (French: Nos hommes dans l'ouest, lit. "Our Men in the West") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Renée Blanchar and released in 2017. The film centres on three Acadian men who are working as migrant workers in the Athabasca oil sands, profiling the impact of their extended absence from their families on both themselves and their wives and children back home. The film premiered at the 2017 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. It was subsequently screened at the 2018 Atlantic International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Atlantic Documentary. The film received a retrospective screening in the In Focus program at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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