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Robert Marcel Lepage - Photo et copyright: ONF
La 25Ăšme Ă©dition des GĂ©meaux est derriĂšre nous. PIB n’y a pas rĂ©coltĂ© de prix. Mais l’un des nĂŽtres a rĂ©ussi ce que trĂšs peu d’auteurs, compositeurs ou mĂȘme de bĂ©dĂ©istes (dont il est) atteignent : un quatriĂšme Prix GĂ©meaux. [Read more →]
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There are some remarkable encounters; Gene Fowler is one of those. I’ve never met him, but I just needed two or three phone calls, a tiny bit of research on the internet and a few incursions on his Facebook page to get an idea of how colourful this character is.
Gene Fowler - Photo & copyright: Cold Hard Flash
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Nous reproduisons ici un billet provenant du blogue personnel du réalisateur-terrain de PIB Dominic Morissette : http://www.dominicmorissette.ca/blog/
Je ne peux mâempĂȘcher de passer sous silence la fermeture dĂ©finitive de deux usines dâAbitibiBowater, celle de Dolbeau et celle de Gatineau. Fermetures que la compagnie a annoncĂ©es il y a de cela prĂšs de deux semaines, soit au moment de la naissance de ma petite.
Je cite Jean-Robert Sansfaçon, dont lâĂ©ditorial traite encore de la question : « AbitibiBowater : Les parasites », Le Devoir, lundi dernier, le 30 aoĂ»t :
« Ni les autoritĂ©s, ni les travailleurs, ni les membres des comitĂ©s de survie qui se creusent la tĂȘte pour sauver leurs usines nâavaient Ă©tĂ© prĂ©venus de la dĂ©cision livrĂ©e par simple communiquĂ© de presse. Dans le cas de Dolbeau, lâusine de papier Ă©tait le seul gagne-pain industriel dâimportance de la rĂ©gion. Ă moins de trouver autre chose Ă produire que du papier concurrent, câest la survie mĂȘme de la rĂ©gion qui est en jeu.
« Ce manque de savoir-vivre typique de la direction dâAbitibiBowater est dâautant plus choquant que voilĂ une compagnie qui exploite nos forĂȘts depuis cent ans en profitant de droits de coupe exclusifs et dâententes plus que gĂ©nĂ©reuses avec Hydro-QuĂ©bec et le gouvernement provincial.
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« MĂȘme si elle ne produit plus de papier dans la rĂ©gion du Lac Saint-Jean, AbitibiBowater y dĂ©tient toujours plus de 80 % des droits de coupe exclusifs et refuse de laisser quelque concurrent que ce soit reprendre ses installations. Or, contrairement Ă Terre-Neuve, notre propre gouvernement du QuĂ©bec ne fait rien pour protĂ©ger les siens.
« Combien de temps encore faudra-t-il endurer des Ă©lus qui se comportent en entremetteurs serviles de ces parasites sociaux que sont les AbitibiBowater de ce monde? » [Câest moi qui souligne.]
Je reviens aussi cette histoire dâAbitibiBowater pour rappeler Ă ses dirigeants et Ă nos politiciens que leurs dĂ©cisions, ou non-dĂ©cisions, ont un impact sur des hommes et des femmes qui perdent leur emploi, avec toutes les consĂ©quences personnelles et familiales que cela peut avoir.
Mais fort heureusement que des gens comme Nelson Dumais et sa femme Manon Maltais rencontrĂ© dans lâessai photo « La vie devant soi » pour le projet PIB, sont plus forts, plus sincĂšres et plus intĂšgres quâeux. Et que fort heureusement,  ils peuvent compter sur leur famille. En tĂ©moigne le commentaire laissĂ© par leur fille sur le site du projet PIB : « Mon pĂšre, mon hĂ©ros ! », par Joanie Maltais-Dumais, le 9 aoĂ»t 2010 : « Je tâaime mon pĂšre, soit fort ! »
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Le webdocumentaire Ă cela de merveilleux : parfois, la relation sâĂ©tablit « directement » avec lâinternaute et leurs commentaires. Dans ce cas-ci, cela a bien fonctionnĂ©.
Dominic Morissette, réalisateur-terrain
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Believe it or not, it’s been calm this week in the GDP headquarters. Colleagues Nathalie (production coordinator), HĂ©lĂšne (director-coordinator), editor Claude and myself are the only people left after 4 of our esteemed colleagues have left the ship.
GDP logo - Image & copyright: NFB
The National Film Board’s 1-year project is coming to an end at mid-September. Technically, the project’s done: We’re no more in daily production mode. But practically, the 4 of us are still working on small improvements to the site, communicating with the more than 40 communities that were actively involved in the project so far and even more importantly, tying all the bits and pieces together in a surprise that we’ll release at the very end of the project.
Now, calm is good. After a year in a bustling office, we’re appreciative of the time to think and reflect on the stories this extraordinary webdocumentary has told, life stories and reality checks that will stay with us all. We’re also in a position to pass the flame, to make place for what’s shaping up to be a busy season at the NFB interactive.You will continue to be able to discover and revisit the GDP Project. We’re staying online. But lights will be turned on the NFB’s upcoming interactive documentaries.
Three important pieces of news have caught our eye today, on day one of GDP’s last month.
First, our friends at Prison Valley have won the second ever FRANCE 24-RFI Web Documentary Award. Within the framework of Perpignan’s international photojournalism festival Visa pour lâImage, photographer Philippe Brault and journalist David Dufresne walked away with a much merited statue. Congratulations for your masterpiece.
Second, at the opposite, bad news on the economy continues to flow our way. GDP numbers but also opinion pieces like this one by economist Jim Stanford seem to indicate that something’s missing in the economic equation.
Last but not least, we’re saluting the good people behind a brand new initiative calle WEBDOCU.fr. Previously know as LINTERVIEW.fr, the new enhanced website is one of the main meeting points for those of us who want to learn, share and discover new facets to the genre of web documentaries. Be warned though, it’s en français only.
In case you missed it, we released a brand new Flash animation last week. To see it, click here http://gdp.nfb.ca
Frédéric Dubois, Web coordinator
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Il y a de ces rencontres marquantes; Gene Fowler en est une. Je ne lâai jamais croisĂ©, mais il ne mâa fallu que deux ou trois Ă©changes tĂ©lĂ©phoniques, un peu de recherche sur Internet et quelques incursions sur sa page Facebook pour me convaincre de la truculence du personnage.
Gene Fowler - Photo et copyright: Cold Hard Flash
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Economic decisions are too important to be left to economists. Thatâs the big lesson Iâm taking away the GDP Project as I clean out my desk and prepare to move on.
Itâs been a year to remember – documenting the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes as it plays out in communities across Canada. Before I turn out the light, a few final thoughts…
The financial press tells one story â the story of a national economy thatâs done pretty well, all things considered, especially when compared to trouble spots like Ireland, Greece or even the USA â where over 30 million people now have to use food stamps, evoking memories of depression-era breadlines. Canada has exited the recession sooner than most countries, weâre told, and the corporate and financial sectors are back in business. And although weâre being told to expect hiccups along the way to full recovery, thereâs a general sense within mainstream media that things are getting back to normal.
But the people weâve encountered over the last year present a more complicated picture. âThe crisis may be over for big companies â but not for people like us,â says Mylene in the final episode of Inner City, speaking for people whose concerns rarely merit a mention in the business pages. Despite talk of recovery, about 1.5 million people across Canada are still out of work, and the bulk of them are not eligible for employment insurance. Despite attempts to reassure, more and more of us are living in poverty.
We see evidence of this insecurity in any number of our GDP stories. We see it in Timmins, where a food bank manager talks of a massive increase in demand; in Dolbeau-Mistassini, where a company town has just lost its key employer; in Sudbury, where mine workers have had to relinquish hard-won benefits: and in Toronto, where the recession has made life harder for hotel workers and new immigrants. We see another kind of instability in places like Alberta, where controversial changes in federal immigration policy seem to be creating a whole new class of impermanent and insecure foreign labourers.
At the same time, weâve also seen evidence of innovative leadership and collective action. In Fields that keep feeding, the forward-looking people at the Association of Ontario Food Banks have revived the ancient practice of gleaning. With Stuart and Pauline, we see a couple embarking on a daunting career change with support from friends and family. In Full Steam Ahead, Alberta farming communities have organized in the face of hostile market forces.
Stories like these will inform how I think about economics from now on. As I hear politicians debating austerity vs. stimulus, Iâll think of Lawrence fights back â and reflect upon who will feel the impact. When I hear panicked talk of Canadaâs aging population, Iâll remember Bea Speaks â the example she sets and her vision for a caring society.
Above all, I come away from the GDP Project with a new awareness of how economic decisions affect us in all aspects of our lives. They determine the communities we choose to build, the relationships we want to have with each other, the way we inhabit this crowded and over-taxed little planet, the values we want to put into practice.
Iâm happy to have been part of the National Film Board team that brought this documentary project to fruition. Iâm grateful to have worked alongside such stimulating and generous colleagues, and Iâm especially indebted to those who trusted us with their stories and the many others who shared the web experience with us.
Time to turn off that light. Goodbye and thank you.
Philip Lewis, writer-researcher
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Je passais par le bureau de mon collĂšgue Philip Lewis hier aprĂšs-midi. Nos contrats se terminent aujourd’hui et nous nous disions Ă quel point nous avions appris de choses dans le cadre de cette annĂ©e passĂ©e Ă PIB. Câest assez rare, pour des recherchistes-pigistes, dâavoir la chance de pouvoir creuser un seul et mĂȘme sujet durant 15 mois.
MylĂšne et famille, protagonistes de PIB - Photo et copyright : ONF
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Vous avez sûrement vu la nouvelle : AbitibiBowater a décidé de fermer définitivement ses usines de Dolbeau-Mistassini et de Gatineau.
Rien pour surprendre Manon et Nelson ainsi que le reste de la communautĂ© de Dolbeau-Mistassini. « Ici, tout le monde sây attendait, me dit Manon. Câest dĂ©cevant pour les familles dont le mari avait dĂ©mĂ©nagĂ© Ă Baie-Comeau pour travailler dans les installations de AB lĂ -bas, en attendant que les choses ne reprennent ici. Eux doivent ĂȘtre déçus ! »
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The OWN Co-op – the place that Bea Levis calls home and a model of inner city affordable housing â owes its existence partly to good timing.
âIt was the last housing project to be built before the Harris government cancelled Ontarioâs affordable housing funding,â says Erin Harris, a retired nurse who volunteers with the Older Womenâs Network, the non-profit advocacy group that was behind the novel housing initiative. âThe shovel was in the ground, so we got in under the wire.â
Erin Harris, Older Women's Network - Photo: Goh Iromoto - Copyright: NFB
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As we wrap up production on the GDP project, weâre spotlighting an inspiring cooperative initiative in rural Alberta â an illustration of what communities can achieve when theyâre united around a common economic vision.
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