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From: Alex & Rose MacKinnon <>
Subject: Re: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: - l'Acadie on TV - CBC tv - Thurs Sept 9,2004
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:40:17 -0400
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Check out this website - may be helpful.
http://www.cbc.ca/shop/tapes_tr.html

Rose MacKinnon

James R Le Blanc wrote:

>List,
>
>Do any of you know whether this program will be
>available on CD or video tape ? I, for one, would
>love to see this (the last time I checked, we did
>not get CBC down here :-) )
>
> Jim Le Blanc
> Baton Rouge, La.
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "kristine mcintyre
>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:01 PM
>Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: - l'Acadie on TV - CBC tv - Thurs Sept 9, 2004
>
>
>
>
>>I got this from an other group - for those in canada and those that get
>>access to CBC tv
>>kris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>For those of you who may have access to the CBC, there is a series of
>>>programs on September 9th. 2004 re the Acadians. The following is from
>>>
>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>CBC TV website:
>>>
>>>" CBC Television Celebrates l'Acadie
>>>Thursday, September 9 on CBC Television
>>>CBC Television celebrates the Acadians' 400th anniversary on Thursday,
>>>
>>>
>>Sept.
>>
>>
>>>9 with three hours of Acadian programming. Beginning at 7 p.m., CBC
>>>
>>>
>>presents
>>
>>
>>>a one-hour Canadian Experience documentary, Expulsion, followed by One
>>>
>>>
>>Night
>>
>>
>>>in Acadie a two-hour special that explores the rich culture of l'Acadie.
>>>
>>>The Canadian Experience - Expulsion - In 1755, English colonial
>>>
>>>
>officials
>
>
>>>forcibly expelled 7,000 French-speaking Acadians from their lands in
>>>
>>>
>Nova
>
>
>>>Scotia, lands that had been in Acadian hands for almost 150 years.
>>>
>>>
>>Expulsion
>>
>>
>>>follows the epic story of a people played as pawns in a struggle between
>>>
>>>
>>two
>>
>>
>>>empires. It is a saga of death and dislocation and resistance that
>>>reverberates still-an event unparalleled in the history of the
>>>
>>>
>colonizing
>
>
>>of
>>
>>
>>>North America.
>>>
>>>In a style similar to Canada: A People's History, the one-hour
>>>
>>>
>documentary
>
>
>>>covers the events leading up to the expulsion. Shot in Nova Scotia,
>>>Louisiana and Boston, the documentary utilizes re-enactments and
>>>
>>>
>>interviews
>>
>>
>>>that compellingly bring the events to life. (7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. NT)
>>>
>>>One Night in Acadie - is a two-hour special hosted by CBC personality
>>>
>>>
>>Brent
>>
>>
>>>Bambury. The first hour is an Acadian feast shot on location at the
>>>
>>>
>>historic
>>
>>
>>>Habitation in Port Royal, N.S. Around the dinner table are eight
>>>
>>>
>>passionate
>>
>>
>>>Acadians who, through story, argument and song, tackle the essential
>>>question of what it means to be an Acadian. (8 p.m., 8:30 p.m. NT)
>>>
>>>In the second hour, Bambury takes viewers to the culmination of the
>>>
>>>
>>two-week
>>
>>
>>>long Congrès Mondial Acadien, a spectacular concert on Halifax's Citadel
>>>Hill. Staged on Aug. 15, the Acadian national holiday, this concert
>>>
>>>
>>features
>>
>>
>>>a who's who of Acadian performers including Edith Butler, Lennie
>>>
>>>
>Gallant,
>
>
>>>Wilfred LeBouthillier and Zachary Richard. Bambury goes backstage and
>>>
>>>
>>talks
>>
>>
>>>with the artists, helping us understand the emotion and context of this
>>>historic evening of Acadian and Cajun music. (9 p.m., 9:30 p.m. NT)
>>>
>>>Expulsion is produced and directed by Grazyna Krupa. Associate producer
>>>
>>>
>is
>
>
>>>Nathalie Bibeau. Editor is Ilona Crabbe. Mark Starowicz is executive
>>>producer of THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE. ONE NIGHT IN ACADIE is produced in
>>>Halifax by the Gemini-award winning team of Jac Gautreau and Geoff D'Eon
>>>(East Coast Music Awards, This Hour Has 22 Minutes)."
>>>
>>>
>
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