''Black October'' is a 2000 documentary film written, directed and narrated by
Terence McKenna and produced by
Stephen Phizicky for CBC television on the
October Crisis in Canada which aired in October 2000. It focuses on the autumn of 1970, following the kidnapping of British Trade Commissioner
James Cross and Quebec Minister of Labour
Pierre Laporte by the
Front de libération du Québec
The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Canadia ...
in October. The
War Measures Act was declared by Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada
The prime mini ...
a day before it was discovered Laporte was executed.
The film includes interviews with Pierre Trudeau, his then Principal Secretary Marc Lalonde, Quebec Minister of Justice Jerome Choquette, then British Trade Commissioner James Cross, and former ''
Le Devoir'' Editor Claude Ryan who became a key participant in the crisis.
See also
*''
Action: The October Crisis of 1970'', Robin Spry's 1973 documentary film
References
External links
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2000 television films
2000 films
2000 documentary films
Documentary films about terrorism
October Crisis
Documentary films about Quebec politics
Canadian documentary television films
CBC Television original films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films
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