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Schelby Jean-Baptiste
Schelby Jean-Baptiste is a Haitian Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance in the 2015 film '' Scratch'', for which she was a nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016. She has also appeared in the films ''Speak Love'', ''There Are No False Undertakings (Il n'y a pas de faux métier)'', ''The Greatest Country in the World (Le meilleur pays du monde)'', '' This House (Cette maison)'' and '' No Ghost in the Morgue'',C.J. Prince"10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2022" ''The Film Stage'', September 6, 2022. and the television series ''Trauma'', ''Unité 9 ''Unité 9'' (or, in English, “Unit 9”) is a Québec television series broadcast from 2012 through 2019 on Radio Canada,Josée Guimond«Téléromans: rires, larmes et hockey»("Soap operas: laughs, tears and hockey") rchive ''Le Soleil'', ...'', ''The Wall'' and ''Je voudrais qu'on m'efface''. References External links * 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haitian Canadian
Haitian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Haitian descent or Haiti-born people who reside in Canada. As of 2016, more than 86% of Haitian Canadians reside in Quebec. Haitian Migration to Canada Immigration 1960-1980 Immigration from Haiti to Quebec started in 1963. Haitian settlement in the Quebec municipality Montreal increased about 40% between the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Immigration data from 1968 shows that Haiti placed fifteenth in overall origin countries outputting migrants to Quebec; in addition, Haiti had 1.6% of the total immigration percentage of Quebec in 1968. In the span of five years, Haiti became the 2nd overall source country for Quebec immigration, possessing 8.4% of the total immigration percentage of Quebec in 1973. The impact of Nationalism and Political Tension in Haiti on Immigration The migration of Haitian immigrants between 1969 and 1974 can be understood through the political institutions in place within Haiti at the time. Haiti was gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trauma (Canadian TV Series)
''Trauma'' is a Canadian French language television medical drama series, which premiered January 5, 2010 – April 2, 2014 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The series is set in the trauma unit of the fictional Hôpital Saint-Arsène in Montreal, Quebec. Cast * Isabel Richer : Julie Lemieux * Gilbert Sicotte : Antoine Légaré * Jean-François Pichette : Mathieu Darveau * James Hyndman : Pierre Meilleur * Christian Bégin : David Roche * Pascale Montpetit : Diane Hevey * Stéphane Demers : Julien Léveillée * Laurence Leboeuf : Sophie Léveillée * Yan England : Étienne Labrie * Catherine De Léan : Caroline Lemelin * Maxime Le Flaguais : Éric Lanoue * Isabelle Blais : Véronique Bilodeau * Madeleine Péloquin : Martine Laliberté * Cristina Rosato : Amaro Giulia * Alice Morel-Michaud : Julie Lemieux (as child in flashbacks) Music For each season, all soundtrack music for the series has been provided by a noted pop singer from Quebec, who has recorded cover versions of famous pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Quebec
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian People Of Haitian Descent
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Canadian Actresses
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Canadian Television Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Canadian Actresses
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Unité 9
''Unité 9'' (or, in English, “Unit 9”) is a Québec television series broadcast from 2012 through 2019 on Radio Canada,Josée Guimond«Téléromans: rires, larmes et hockey»("Soap operas: laughs, tears and hockey") rchive ''Le Soleil'', 25 August 2012 (accessed 15 August 2020). the CBC French-language service. Created by dramatist Danielle Trottier, the show has since 2013 been syndicated on France's TV5Monde network.Fabien«L’Unité 9 ouvre ses portes dès ce soir sur TV5Monde»("Unit 9 opens its doors from this evening on TV5Monde"), ''Critictoo,'' 28 October 2013 (accessed 15 August 2020). The 169-show series has been one of the most-watched shows in Québec, with ratings of up to two million viewersHugo Dumas«Unité 9 refusé à TVA» rchive '' La Presse'', 18 December 2012, (accessed 15 August 2020). for the 44-minute episodes. Synopsis Marie Lamontagne, a mother of two, having been convicted for attempted murder, lives in Unit 9 of Lietteville, a federal penit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Ghost In The Morgue
''No Ghost in the Morgue'' is a 2022 Canadian short comedy-drama film, written and directed by Marilyn Cooke.C.J. Prince"10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2022" ''The Film Stage'', September 6, 2022. The film stars Schelby Jean-Baptiste as Keity, a medical student who takes an internship working in the morgue after failing to get her desired surgery placement, and repeatedly sees the ghost of her dead grandmother Myriam (Mireille Metellus). The cast also includes Michel Laperrière, Ariane Bérubé and Alexandra Laferrière. The film premiered in March 2022 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022, and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards The 25th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVA Nouvelles
TVA Nouvelles is the news division of TVA, a French language television network in Canada. Programs produced by the division include nightly local and national newscasts branded as ''TVA Nouvelles'', as well as the news magazine program ''JE''. The division also owns and operates the 24-hour news channel Le Canal Nouvelles. In September 2020, the Group announced that Serge Fortin, who was managing the activities of TVA Nouvelles and LCN since 2004, would be replaced by Martin Picard, vice president and chief content officer. Mornings In the mornings, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs as headline news segments during the network's breakfast television program ''Salut, Bonjour!''. These segments are anchored by Gino Chouinard weekdays from Montreal, and Ève-Marie Lortie on weekends from Quebec City. Noon At noon, ''TVA Nouvelles'' airs for one hour weekdays and half an hour on weekends. Two weekday editions are produced, with Pierre Bruneau anchoring from Montreal for stations in wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This House (film)
''This House'' (french: Cette maison) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Miryam Charles and released in 2022.Marc van de Klashorst"Berlinale 2022 review: This House (Miryam Charles)" ''International Cinephile Society'', February 18, 2022. Based around the suspicious death of her teenage cousin Tessa in 2008, the film examines the event's impact on her family through a blend of documentary footage with a scripted drama in which an adult version of Tessa ( Schelby Jean-Baptiste) continues to interact with her grieving mother Valeska ( Florence Blain Mbaye) in a liminal space between life and death. The film's cast also includes Ève Duranceau, Nadine Jean, Yardly Kavanagh, Mireille Metellus and Matthew Rankin. The film premiered in the Forum program at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, and had its Canadian premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in April. The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's 2022 Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
