Rougemania
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Québec cinema
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| Ciné-Échange | Rougemania | Monday, 20 April | 18:30 | Consult the activity |
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With humor and intelligence, the feature documentary Rougemania explores the considerable yet unacknowledged influence of Indigenous peoples on Western culture and identity.
“But why do they love us so much?!” wonders Cree-Canadian co-director Neil Diamond as he embarks on a fascinating journey to unravel the mystery behind the world’s enduring fascination with stereotypical portrayals of First Peoples, omnipresent throughout popular culture.
Why have Indigenous populations been the object of admiration, romantic fantasy, and cultural appropriation for so long phenomena that persist to this day? Rougemania reveals the astonishing truth hidden behind this imaginary landscape, a secret buried so deeply beneath the ruins of history that even most of those concerned are unaware of it.
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Jean-François Létourneau Enseignant | Cégep de Sherbrooke
Jean-François Létourneau is the co-author of an essay with Sébastien Langlois that explores Quebec memory through traditional song (En montant la rivière, 2023). His previous publications form a cycle devoted to territory: the novel Le territoire sauvage de l’âme (2021), the audiobook of the show Sur les traces du territoire (2019), and the essay Le territoire dans les veines (2017), on belonging to the territory through the reading of First Nations poets. Finally, he edited, with Naomi Fontaine and Olivier Dezutter, the anthology on the writings of the First Peoples, Tracer un chemin / Meshkanatsheu (2017).
Will attend:
- Monday, 20 April | 18:30 - Salle Alfred-DesRochers
Paul Gerry Coordinator Stratégie Justice
Traditionalist, keeper of knowledge and ceremony. I have had the opportunity to train in various areas of traditional law as well as colonial state law. Having served as a police officer on two reserves, I gained firsthand insight into the realities and needs of our Indigenous communities. I also had the opportunity to argue a case concerning the ancestral rights and identity of our peoples, I won that case before the Attorney General of Quebec. Today, I work at the Trois-Rivières Indigenous Friendship Centre as a justice strategy coordinator and am pursuing my bachelor’s degree in law.
Will attend:
- Monday, 20 April | 18:30 - Salle Alfred-DesRochers