A VISION IN THE DARKNESS by Sophie Bissonnette
All Films • 1h 30m
Synopsis
Through the eyes of a Quebec Jewish activist, Lea Roback, feminist, unionist, pacifist and communist, A VISION IN THE DARKNESS proposes a modernist vision of Quebec history, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the period knows as « La Grande Noirceur », the Great Darkness.
Équipe
Written and directed by: Sophie Bissonnette
Research: Lisette Quesnel
Cinematography: Martin Leclerc
Sound: Marie-France Delagrave
Editing: Dominique Sicotte
Original music: Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Line producer: Claire Lapointe
Associate producer: François Bouvier
Producer: Sophie Bissonnette
Produced by : Les productions Contre-jour inc.
Financial Partners
Telefilm Canada
Société générale des industries culturelles – Québec
Canada Council for the Arts
Department of Communication’s non-theatrical Production Fund, Canada
Programme d’Aide au cinéma indépendant (Québec) de l’Office national du film du Canada
In collaboration with :
TV5 Québec, Canada
Radio-Québec
All profits from viewings are donated to the Lea Roback Foundation
www.fondationlearoback.org/
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