Canicule (Summer Day)

A hot day in a working-class neighbourhood. There’s trouble in the air as young and old take to the streets. “Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door” – Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883 Selected Screenings: Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, 2011; L’Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, 2011

Film Maker
Dufour-Laperrière, Félix
Year
2011
Country
Canada
Length
15
Language
French w/ English subtitles
Category
found footage, French language, Race + Ethnicity, Youth
Genre
documentary, experimental, narrative