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On the night of March 27, 1970, 4000 persons stormed the Gesù Theatre in Montreal to see and hear some 60 poets reciting verse, while a camera crew from the National Film Board of Canada set about recording the event on film. From dusk to dawn, audience and authors gave Quebecois poetry a festival which is today remembered as the Woodstock of our literature. A poetic festival, but also a political festival, a harbinger of the October crisis. That night, it was not only the words of authors that was being put on record, but the very soul of a nation. Using excerpts from Jean-Claude Labrecque and Jean-Pierre Masse's film, La Nuit de la poésie 1970, as well as previously unseen footage, including a reading by Gaston Miron, this documentary highlights everything Quebecois poetry boasted in the way of outstanding voices. It takes us through a sleepless night during which a small nation, previously thought to have no literature, suddenly discovered it had one.

Canada - 2001 - 1 h 02 mn - Betacam SP - Colour and B&W

Réalisation Luc Cyr, Carl Leblanc Scénario Alain Charbonneau, Luc Cyr, Carl Leblanc Image Daniel Guy Son Stéphane Barsalou Montage Stanley Brown Musique Anthony Rozankovic Narrateur Gilbert Sicotte

Production Ad Hoc Films, 24, Mont-Royal ouest, Bureau 905, H2T 2S2 Montréal, Québec, Canada Tél : + 1 514 529 2198 Fax : 514-529-8884 E-mail : ad.hoc.f@sympatico.ca

Ventes Ad Hoc Films, 24, Mont-Royal ouest, Bureau 905, H2T 2S2 Montréal, Québec, Canada Tél : + 1 514 529 2198 Fax : 514-529-8884 E-mail : ad.hoc.f@sympatico.ca