''Adieu Alouette'' was a

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television documentary anthology series on the life and culture of Quebec. It was produced by the

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for the network and aired on

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in 1973.

Premise

The series was intended to portray Quebec's culture to English Canada and to dispel misconceptions about the province, particularly in response to the 1970

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and the rise of the

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. The series approach was cultural and apolitical.

Scheduling

The series was first aired on CBC on Wednesdays, 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 3 January to 25 April 1973. It was repeated on Sundays, 2:00 pm from 6 January to 24 March 1974. The series consisted of 11 half-hour episodes plus the hour-long "Why I Sing: The Words and Music of Gilles Vigneault".

Episodes

Airdates are provided where known. * "Why I Sing: The Words and Music of Gilles Vigneault" (originally aired 7 February 1973): this was an hour-long episode of the series directed by John Howe. * "Just Another Job (Les Nordiques)" (14 February 1973): Pierre Letarte was director. * "La Gastronomie" (7 March 1973): Doug Jackson was director. * "La Quebecoise" (28 March 1973): Les Nirenberg was director. * "Le Devoir: 1910–1945, Do What You Must" (18 April 1973): This was the first half of a two-part history on the Montreal newspaper '' Le Devoir''. Hugues Poulin and Jean-V. Dufresne directed these episodes. * "Le Devoir: 1945–1973, The Quiet Revolution" (25 April 1973): A continuation of the history of ''Le Devoir''. * "The Ungrateful Land: Roch Carrier Remembers Ste-Justine": Cynthia Scott was director. * "Une Job Steady ... Un Bon Boss": Ian McLaren directed this episode about Yvon Deschamps. * "OK... Camera":

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was director. * "Backyard Theatre": Jean-V. Dufresne and Ian McLaren produced this episode, with Pierre Lefebvre as director. This featured André Brossard and playwright

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. * "Challenge for the Church": William Weintraub was director. * "In Our Own Way": Jack Zolov was director.

References

External links

* {{Cite web, url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/A.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=Adieu Alouette , publisher=

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, year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311072631/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/A.html , archivedate=11 March 2010
''Adieu Alouette'' at the National Film Board of Canada
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