NFB Memories - Anne Claire Poirier

Desjardins, Denys, (film director.). Bergeron, Johanne, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Anne Claire Poirier blazed a trail for women filmmakers, introducing a distinctly female gaze into Quebec cinema with compelling personal films that balanced rigorous filmcraft with feminist analysis. Beginning her career in the '60s, when few women were making films, she persevered, insisting on directing her own work. The experience of making De mère en fille (1968), Quebec's first feminist film, would steel her resolve-to bring more women into the NFB. Tenacious and generous, she initiated and produced En tant que femmes (1972), a six-film series directed by various women. Her own work, including the unrelentingly powerful Mourir à tue-tête (1979), continues to resonate. Her final film for the NFB, perhaps her bravest and most painful, was Tu as crié LET ME GO, dealing with the tragic loss of her own daughter.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (7 min., 15 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency - French program:.Québec Studio.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Research, Denys Desjardins ; direction, Denys Desjardins ; picture editing, Denys Desjardins ; producer, Johanne Bergeron ; photographic research, Marion Duhaime-Morissette ; sweetening, Luc Papineau ; original music, Luc Papineau.
Participant or Performer Note:	Participation, Anne Claire Poirier.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 2013.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).