Absolutely Quebec
Welcome to Quebec in the summer!
Reflecting our culture through sports, music, theatre, food, and film captured through the lenses of independent filmmakers, Absolutely Quebec showcases a captivating set of stories from Quebec.
Don't miss it on CBC Television, Saturdays at 7 p.m.
Watch Fortunate Son [VIDEO]
In this intimate autobiographical documentary, Tony Assimakopolous, the only son of Greek immigrants, searches for happiness with his fiancée by looking at his complicated, sometimes painful relationship with his overbearing mother and ailing father. As a recovered addict, Tony probes the sources of anger and shame in his early family life in an effort to start his marriage on solid footing. Shot in Montreal and Greece, Fortunate Son is a heartwarming film about faith, renewal, and the definition of love.
Categories: Fortunate Son - A Family Love Story
Watch Rain [VIDEO]
Rain brings Cirque Éloize's long-running, smash theatrical circus hit to TV. Directed for the screen by Mario Janelle, who earned his chops on Bon Cop, Bad Cop, the show is irresistibly charming, winding nostalgic impressions of last century into a story about childhood, memory and freedom.
Categories: Rain
Watch Falafel - Give Peas a Chance [VIDEO]
With purported roots dating back to biblical times, this sidewalk sandwich is probably the most important pleasure shared by Arabs and Jews. Documentary filmmaker Ari Cohen travels from the depths of the Holy Land to some of the greatest falafel restos in Europe and North America, engaging in a lighthearted culinary escapade as well as an earnest questioning of whether the mighty falafel is the grassroots gateway to peace and compromise.
Categories: Falafel - Give Peas a Chance
Watch Never Destroy Us: The Dears Live @ Pasagüero
Never Destroy Us, The Dears at Pasagüero is now streaming from CBC Montreal and CBCMusic.ca. Bandleader Murray Lightburn directed; wife and bandmate Natalia Yanchak produced. Like much of their creative output, this film is another of their joint efforts. Montreal's long-standing, outstanding indie rock darlings worked with American filmmaker Michael Mohan in Mexico, and came home from a sold-out concert series in the country with a nine-camera HD shoot of the shows.
Categories: Never Destroy Us: The Dears at Pasaguero
Fortunate Son finishes run at Cinema du Parc
Fortunate Son: A Love Story, the charming and harrowing documentary about two very different marriages in one family, has finished its successful runs at Excentris and Cinema du Parc to great reviews.If you missed your chance to see it on the big screen, catch the TV version, Fortunate Son: A Family Love Story on CBC, August 25th at 7 p.m. ET
Categories: Fortunate Son - A Family Love Story
Air Times in Quebec
| Network | Times (2012 Season) |
|---|---|
| CBC Television | Saturdays 7 p.m. ET July 21 - Hockey Migrations July 28 - The Dears at Pasaguero Aug. 4 - Give Peas a Chance Aug. 18 - Rain Aug. 25 - Fortunate Son Sept. 1 - Montreal Short Stop |
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