Acadia Acadia?!?
(L'Acadie, l'Acadie)

Screening on Film

Directed by Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault.
Canada, 1971, 16mm, black & white, 75 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: National Film Board of Canada

In the late 1960s, l’Université de Moncton became the setting for the awakening of Acadian nationalism after centuries of defeatism and resignation. Although 40% of the province's population spoke French, they had been unable to make their voices heard. This invaluable document of the rebirth of a people captures the behind-the-scenes action and the students' determination to bring about change. – National Film Board of Canada