History and society People
Immigrants de souche
2022
Sous-titres : Français Espagnol Anglais Allemand Arabe
Raed Hammoud travels the length and breadth of Quebec to meet the immigrants who have chosen to make it their home.
History and society | People
Episode 1
23 min
Edem, market gardener
In this first episode, Raed Hammoud heads to East Farnham, in Estria. He meets Edem Amegbo, originally from Togo he has become a farmer unlike any other, growing African vegetables.
Episode 2
23 min
Spomenka, general storekeeper
Raed arrives in Piopolis, where he meets Spomenka Adzic and her husband. After fleeing the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the couple are today the proud owners of the village shop.
Episode 3
23 min
Mustapha, restaurateur
The call of wide open spaces draws Raed to the Gaspé Peninsula. Here he discovers the touching story of Mustapha Ben Hamidou and his son Mohammed. Originally from Morocco, they opened a family restaurant in Carleton-sur-Mer.
Episode 4
23 min
Jean-François Kacou, conqueror
Raed stops off in Percé where he meets Jean-François Kacou from Côte d'Ivoire and discovers his extraordinary story. He is today director general of the town, for which he has innumerable projects in mind.
Episode 5
23 min
Lisan, artist
In Rimouski, Raed meets Lisan D. Chng, an artist originally from Singapore who has already lived a thousand and one lives. She uses her ceramics as a means of uniting the members of her new host community.
Raed Hammoud travels the length and breadth of Quebec to meet the immigrants who have chosen to make it their home.
Sixty years of music, thousands of concerts, four and a half million albums sold, fifteen gold discs, thirty schools bearing his name... Henri Dès is a monument. In Switzerland, France, Belgium and Quebec, four generations of children know his songs. An intimate look at the creator.
World-renowned Dutch-speaking Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui covers all styles of dance. He draws inspiration from his origins and his deep-rooted commitments, and resists being put in a box. "I'm Arab, white, gay and vegan, whatever I do is political", he explains. Portrait.
Claudia Lebeuf arrived in Toronto fifty years ago, to marry an Egyptian widower. Later, when selling the family property, La Reille, in Carcassonne, she discovered a series of letters between her ancestors. For Claudia it's the start of a quest for identity, in the footsteps of her great-grandmother Rosine.
Before starting her career as a citizenship judge, Suzanne Pinel captivated the heart of thousands of children across Canada with her iconic character as Marie-Soleil. A great ambassador for French-speaking culture, she highlights the importance of protecting all languages and cultures in a multicultural Canada.
1950. At the dawn of the wildest decade in Argentina, a promising Italian illustrator arrives in Buenos Aires. He is dazzled by the country's dramatic economic development and its lively cultural scene. The young man soon makes a name for himself, and Hugo Pratt is born.
How to become the funniest and most popular cartoonist of your time? We discover the archives of Philippe Becquelin, alias Mix & Remix: from childhood and through the lean years to final fame... His friend Frédéric Pajak, writer and illustrator, paints his portrait in the form of an open letter.
