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The Great Resistance
The Great Resistance

THE GREAT RESISTANCE

Au pays des colons

Directed by Denys Desjardins
Canada, 2007
Documentary

Synopsis

In the 1930s, in the throes of the Great Depression, the government relocated more than 80,000 citizens to a new settlement in the virgin forests of Quebec’s Abitibi region. This documentary traces this defining chapter of local history and raises fundamental questions about regional development.

Synopsis

In the 1930s, in the throes of the Great Depression, the government relocated more than 80,000 citizens to a new settlement in the virgin forests of Quebec’s Abitibi region. This documentary traces this defining chapter of local history and raises fundamental questions about regional development.