By Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Filmmaker and former Montrealer John Walker discusses his film, Quebec My Country Mon Pays, and the hundreds of thousands of English Montrealers who reluctantly felt they had to leave Quebec.
With Laura Casella, Global News Morning Montreal
Director John Walker joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his latest movie, Québec My Country Mon Pays.
Listen to an interview with John Walker, the maker of Quebec My Country, Mon Pays which was screened at La Cinematheque Quebecoise de Montreal on Monday, 19th. He discussed his personal history and the Quebec’s Quiet Revolution which took place in the 1960’s and unleashed cultural and political changes that lead to the separatist movement and the FLQ crisis.
By Alex Rose, Cult Montreal
John Walker discusses the challenges of telling a personal story, but recognizes how it helped him address a tumultuous period in both his own history and in Canada’s.
With Stéphan Bureau, Radio-Canada
In Quebec My Country Mon Pays, filmmaker John Walker takes a historical and personal look at the 1960s and 1970s, which saw the birth of the independence movement and Quebec identity affirmation. These movements prompted many Anglo-Quebecers, including the filmmaker’s parents, to leave. According to Patricia Boushel, however, one of the problems with the documentary is that it deals with a reality that is no longer representative of the current situation between anglophones and francophones.
By Jean Dion, Le Devoir
John Walker discusses his new documentary, Quebec My Country Mons Pays, a lament over his decision to leave his home province of Québec amid the mass migration of several hundred thousand anglophones from the 1960s to the 1990s.
By Brendan Kelly, Montreal Gazette
Kelly discusses with John Walker his new documentary, Quebec My Country Mons Pays, and the personal journeys he took growing up in and eventually leaving Quebec, and in making the film itself.
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JOHN WALKER PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS “QUEBEC MY COUNTRY MON PAYS”
FEATURING DENYS ARCAND CHRISTINA CLARK EMILIE GELINAS JACQUES GODBOUT
LOUISE PELLETIER YOLANDE SIMARD PERRAULT PIERRE TETRAULT JOANNE WALKER AND PAUL WARREN
CINEMATOGRAPHER KATERINE GIGUERE EDITOR JEFF WARREN COMPOSER SANDY MOORE SOUND DESIGNER ALEX SALTER
LOCATION SOUND SYLVAIN VARY PRODUCERS ANN BERNIER JOHN WALKER WRITER, DIRECTOR & NARRATOR JOHN WALKER
produced in association with documentary Channel with the participation of the Canada Media Fund / Fonds des médias du Canada, Rogers Cable Network Fund,
Rogers Telefund; with the assistance of Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit and The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
