St-Henri, the 26th of August

Collaborateurs : Barbeau-Lavalette, Anaïs | Brouillette, Richard | Deer, Tracey | Demers, Claude | Elkhatabi, Halima | L'Espérance, Sylvain | Loumède, Colette | Martel, Caroline | Miller, Amy | Murat, Selin | Nabatian, Kaveh | Spring, Sarah | Valiquette, Denis | Vanderborght, Karen | Walsh, Shannon | Office national du film du Canada | Parabola Films (Montreal)

On August 26th, 2010, fourteen filmmakers recorded multiple stories in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Henri. The resulting film is a touching, funny and fascinating day-in-the-life of an eclectic community. Doris roams the streets collecting bottles; Belinda is a vibrant hair stylist from Togo; Babyface, the fifteen-year-old Canadian featherweight boxing champion, prepares for a match; Robert and Edmée enjoy their golden years together; and urban explorer Danielle scales abandoned buildings and descends into Saint-Henri's sewers. These are just a few of the characters we follow in St-Henri, the 26th of August, a film that explores what community means to us today, and how we inhabit our neighbourhoods. Inspired by the 1962 NFB film À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre, this unique collaborative project brings together some of the brightest talents in Montreal's contemporary documentary scene to capture these compelling stories.


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