October, 1995. The most important political event in recent Canadian history, the Quebec vote on sovereignty, is about to unfold. During the tense days leading up to the referendum for independence, 23 filmmakers from the NFB's English and French documentary studios take their cameras into the streets and homes of Quebeckers. Culled from 250 hours of footage, Referendum is an emotional portrait of a profoundly divided society. In a collage of powerful moments, the video recaptures the emotions of that time and measures them against today's political agenda. Implicit is the question: What next?
Stéphane Drolet
Director
Josh Freed
self
Charles Taylor
self
Matthew Coon Come
self
Bernard Landry
self
Jean Chrétien
archival footage
Jacques Parizeau
archival footage
René Lévesque
archival footage
Michael Enright
self
Lucien Bouchard
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