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Bread & water: Mr Chartier remembers

Date published : April 29, 2010 - Montreal, Quebec

At the age of 97, Pacifique Chartier revisits his boyhood neighbourhood and recalls life in Depression-era Montreal.
 
Director and photographer
Hélène Choquette

Intreviewer & sound recorder
Annie Richer

Editor
Claude Lemay


© 2009 NFB – All rights reserved, except for 3 pictures:
© "Clean Up Photos. Wash Day", Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Conrad Poirier, April 16 1938.
© "Moving Day. 4th Ave. Verdun", Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Conrad Poirier, April 30 1938.
© "Moving Day. Church - Lasalle", Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, Conrad Poirier, April 30 1938.
 
Tags:

Pacifique Chartier, History, Remember, Poverty, The Great Depression, Verdun, Depression, Hélène Choquette

 
  • "In the 1930s, a family of four got $1.80
  • a month in social assistance."
  • - Pacifique Chartier
 

Comments(2)

Excellent work

 
Bread & water: Mr Chartier remembers

By Harold Rosenberg - Date published: June 9, 2010 - Montreal, Quebec

Very simple and moving. Thank you for telling Mr. Chartier's story.

 

Mr. Chartier's story is beautiful

 
Bread & water: Mr Chartier remembers

By Peggy Fothergill - Date published: May 12, 2010 - Toronto, Ontario

I have watched the latest batch of stories on GDP, and I think the story of M. Chartier is beautiful. It's a little jewel. Here's someone who has experienced much hardship in his lifetime and still maintains a positive attitude. His memories are so visual, and I love the images that accompany them. Where did he live as a child? In The Point? My family lived in the Point then moved to LaSalle,...

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Chartier, old man, 1930s, director, old-fashioned, gentleman, family, memories, GDP, lifetime

 

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