''The Mighty River'' (french: Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux) is a Canadian animated
short film, directed by
Frédéric Back and released in 1993.
[Ray Conlogue, "Films reflecting values set animator's work apart: Frederic back may bring home his third Oscar tonight but that won't bring back the Radio-Canada department he worked in". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', March 21, 1994.
Summary
The film is a portrait of the
St. Lawrence River, depicting both its natural beauty and the threats to it from human negligence of the environment.
[ It was the last film Back worked on before Société Radio-Canada, the French division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for which Back worked, closed down its animation department.
The film's English version was narrated by Donald Sutherland, and its French version was narrated by Paul Hébert.
]
Release
It premiered at the 1993 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
In Canada, it was distributed principally as a television special, broadcast in French by SRC Télévision and in English by CBC Television
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.
Back and biologist Claude Villeneuve released a book version of the film in 1995.["Animator's vision of St. Lawrence tragedy now a book; Radio-Canada's Oscar-winning Frederic Back mourns the desecration of the mighty river". '']Ottawa Citizen
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History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...
'', December 15, 1995.
Awards
References
External links
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1993 films
1993 animated short films
Canadian animated short films
Films directed by Frédéric Back
1990s English-language films
1990s French-language films
1990s Canadian animated films
English-language Canadian films
French-language Canadian films
Annecy Cristal-winning films
English-language short films