Movies: Acadians

  • 1988
    Rendezvous Canada, 1606

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606 (1988)

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606

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    The dramatic story of two youths--one French and one Indigenous--who share a pivotal time in Canada's history: the first contact between European and First Nations peoples....

    Rendezvous Canada, 1606
  • 2010
    Infusion

    Infusion (2010)

    Infusion

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    In Acadie, the only “real” tea is King Cole, blended in New Brunswick for the past 100 years. Traditionally drunk with a spot of Carnation condensed milk, it recalls simpler days when people would take the time to stop and smell… the tea. Infusion i...

    Infusion
  • 1971
    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Acadia Acadia?!? (1971)

    Acadia Acadia?!?

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    In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the awakening of Acadian nationalism after centuries of defeatism and resignation. Although 40% of the province's popu...

    Acadia Acadia?!?
  • 1995
    The Acadian Connection

    The Acadian Connection (1995)

    The Acadian Connection

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    National Film Board of Canada documentary of stories of Acadians (French Canadians from the eastern Maritime provinces). Hundreds of thousands of Acadians emigrated to Louisiana following deportation by the British during the Acadian Expulsion of the...

    The Acadian Connection
  • 2016
    Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart

    Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart (2016)

    Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart

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    Zachary Richard takes a voyage to l'Acadie and Louisiana to learn about his ancestors and the history of the Acadian people....

    Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart
  • 2020
    Acadie Road : un road trip musical et poétique

    Acadie Road : un road trip musical et poétique (2020)

    Acadie Road : un road trip musical et poétique

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    Acadie Road : un road trip musical et poétique
  • 1979
    Kouchibouguac

    Kouchibouguac (1979)

    Kouchibouguac

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    In 1969, the federal government expropriated two hundred and fifteen families in eight towns of New Brunswick in order to build a national park. Not only did these families lose their homes and their memories, they also lost their livelihoods....

    Kouchibouguac
  • 1972
    A Sun Like Nowhere Else

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else (1972)

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else

    01972HD

    A film that witnesses the Acadian awakening and the unprecedented popular awareness that manifested itself in 1972 in northeastern New Brunswick....

    A Sun Like Nowhere Else
  • 1978
    Island Memories

    Island Memories (1978)

    Island Memories

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    In 1755, ten thousand French Canadian settlers were thrown off their land, loaded on ships, and exiled. Island Memories explores the past in a small Acadian community in Nova Scotia where the last survivor of this great deportation is reputedly burie...

    Island Memories
  • 1996
    Evangeline's Quest

    Evangeline's Quest (1996)

    Evangeline's Quest

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    Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” and the phenomenon it became....

    Evangeline's Quest