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Seeking the current = Chercher le courant

Item number (ISN):

438616

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2010

Item number (ISN):

438616

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

LES PRODUCTIONS DU RAPIDE-BLANC

Accession:

2012-0019

Media:

Video

Original title:

Chercher le courant

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2010

Production company:

Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc

Production credit:

director/producer/scenario/research/original idea, Nicolas Boisclair; director/scenario/photography/sound, Alexis de Gheldere; producer, Denis McCready; executive producer, Sylvie Van Brabant; Francine Tougas; editing, Étienne Gagnon; sound editing, Luc Raymond; Benoit Veilleux; music, Alexandre Stanké; Pascal Dufour; Yann Perreau; narrator/associated producer Roy Dupuis

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc

Current distributor:

Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc

Description:

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Summer 2008, a year before Hydro-Québec starts building an 8-billion dollar hydroelectric project, Alexis de Gheldere and Nicolas Boisclair decide to canoe down the Romaine River with two environmentalists: a "river trip" down 500 km which will take them from the source in Labrador to the mouth in the Gulf of St-Lawrence.Packed with an Innu stove, two solar panels and a 2,500-page environmental assessment impact study, they discover a river and the future impacts of Hydro-Québec's next hydroelectric project. Kilometers after kilometers, they open their eyes on a rich and spectacular ecosystem, virgin of any development. For now. During this 46 day expedition, they document a vast region of spectacular beauty and archive stunning images for future generations.This adventure runs in parallel to another quest, where the two directors team up with Roy Dupuis, one of the most renowned Canadian actor and President of the Rivers foundation. Together they set out on a road trip across Québec to explore ways of producing and consuming energy for the XXIst century. Questions that arose from their canoe expedition lead them to contact numerous experts and people who work in the field to give us a surprising insight into the potential of green energy in Québec. Their findings suggest there are important economic development opportunities in this domain and for generations to come.Can green energies be a real alternative? What is Quebec's green energy potential? Are these four dams really needed in a territory that already has one of the highest concentrations of hydroelectric dams in the world? 48 years after the election that lead to the nationalization of electricity in Québec, are we still "Maîtres chez nous" (Masters in our own home)? <85mn 20s>

Language:

French with English subtitles / English

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1. Purchased through the Canadian Feature Film Fund.~2.Produced with the financial participation of SODEC, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec : Programme d'aide aux jeunes créateurs.~3. Participants : Francis Allard, Luce Asselin, Marc Bélanger, André Bélisle, Jean Thomas Bernard, Fran Bristow, Éric Camirand, L'honorable Jean Charest (premier ministre du Québec), Paul A. De Cotis, Ronald Gagnon, Daniel Green, Christian Hudon, Karl Lamarche, Yvon Lamarche, Steve Leckman, François Levreault, Luc Muyldermans, Brendan O'Neill, Jean Pelletier, Sébastien Peeters, Sevag Pogharian, Jean-Denis Quirion, Philipp Raphals, Réal Reid, Martin Roy, Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny, Christian Simard, Hugo Trottier.~4. Festivals & prizes: Festival international du film d'environnement, France, Feb. 2012; ; Vancouver International Film Festival - VIFF, Oct. 2011; Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois - RCVQ, Feb. 2011; Festival du film de Sept-Îles - Ciné 7 - Jan. 2011; Festival international du film de Baie-Comeau - Cinoche, Jan. 2011; Portneuf Film Festival on the Environment - Grand Prize, 2011; Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal - RIDM, Nov. 2010 : Audience Choice award presented by Canal D & Special Prize - EcoCamera Award presented by Télé-Québec, 2010.~5. Synopsis taken from movie's website - < http://www.seekingthecurrent.com/synopsis/ > (page consulted on 2012-02-08).

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Vault ISN:

578892

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

12809AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

85:10

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Films du Rapide-Blanc Inc., 2010.

Reproduction access:

avec la permission écrite du propriétaire des droits d'auteur : aucune restriction de la part du donateur

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