Review by Trilby Jeeves
With the tragedy at a Quebec City mosque top of mind, Jeeves reflects on her own time spent living in Quebec City and Montreal, and why she ultimately left the province she loved so much.
- November 24, 2016
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Marc Cassivi, La Presse
John Walker’s new film, Quebec My Country Mons Pays, offers a perspective on Quebec from that of an Anglophone who, terrified by the bombs of the Front de libération du Québec and the rise of ethnic nationalism, eventually left his native land.
- November 23, 2016
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Master Filmmaker John Walker’s Moving Personal Journey Through Quebec’s Quiet Revolution
Review By Norman Wilner, NOW Toronto
Wilner praises Walker’s quiet and personal take on the history of Quebec’s distinct society, which is set for a commercial run after premiering at the Hot Docs film festival this past spring.
Rating: NNNN
- November 22, 2016
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Patricia Morales Betancourt, Sal de Presse
Quebec My Country Mon Pays is one of many recommended films to see at this year’s Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM).
- November 16, 2016
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Le cinéaste John Walker se penche avec émotion sur la fracture linguistique au Québec
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.
- November 10, 2016
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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.
- October 19, 2016
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Maxim Demers, Le Journal de Montréal
Quebec My Country Mon Pays is one of three documentary films not to be missed at this year’s Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM).
- October 12, 2016
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Review By Michael Hoare, Avenir Vivable
Hoare praises Walker’s film as a model of personal narration and emotional exorcism, while acknowledging the political problems yet to be resolved by Quebeckers and Canadians.
Réflexion en français (PDF)
Reflection in English (PDF)
- May 2, 2016
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Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press in Toronto
Assuring that he has never been anti-French, John Walker tells his own exile experience and vision of the Quiet Revolution in the film Quebec My Country Mon Pays, which premiered at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto.
- April 30, 2016
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Documentary filmmaker John Walker grew up an English-speaking Quebecer, alongside French children that didn’t seem to like anglophone kids like himself.
By Ken McGoogan
Blogger Ken McGoogan applauds John Walker and his portrayal of the “Quebec problem” from the perspective of an Anglophone growing up in Montreal during this tumultuous time. Film-maker John Walker, who earned well-deserved kudos with his docudrama Passage, has worked magic again with Quebec My Country Mon Pays.
