Entire collection and deeper understanding of Francophone culture across North America. This series is part of a more extensive collection of excellent films produced by French Canadians at the Office national du film du Canada (National Film Board of Canada).
https://www.onf.ca/serie/le-son-des-francais-damerique
MAROON – ON THE TRAIL OF CREOLES IN NORTH AMERICA, André Gladu
https://www.nfb.ca/film/maroon-on-the-trail-of-creoles-in-north-america/
Louisiana’s Creole culture helped shape the New World and contributed to the emergence of jazz. But what remains of this unique, mixed-race society, with roots in France, Africa, the Caribbean, Spain and America? Maroon searches for the origins of this little-understood and endangered culture and show how it is doing today. In this second part of his La piste Amérique series, documentary filmmaker André Gladu continues his exploration of the Francophone presence in North America. Maroon is a vibrant travelogue that goes back into history in order to shed light on the present. In French with English subtitles.
Struggle for a Border: Canada’s Relations with the United States
1969 9 films
Why are there just two nations occupying that enormous expanse of the North American continent north of the Rio Grande? Why not just one unlimited American empire? Or why not several nations? This unique work gives clear and vivid form to the immense and complex forces–economic, political, military, diplomatic, social, and geographic–that created and confirmed the U.S.-Canada border. The largest single work ever undertaken by the National Film Board of Canada, Stuggle for a Border is the result of painstaking scholarship and research, and imaginative filmmaking. Each of the nine one-hour films is entirely self-contained, though part of a larger …
https://www.nfb.ca/collection/struggle-for-a-border-canadas-relations-with-the-united-states/
