Back to the Land (1976)

Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s. There are witnesses to the heroic era, including the cultivator Hauris Lalancette, as well as extracts from films by Father Maurice Proulx (1934-1940).

Released Jan. 1, 1976 56 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.quebec-direct-cinema

Production Companies: ONF | NFB

Country: Canada
Production Country: Canada
Languages: French