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Félix Rose’s The Battle of Saint-Léonard: A Problematic Portrayal of Montreal’s Italian Community
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Félix Rose’s The Battle of Saint-Léonard: A Problematic Portrayal of Montreal’s Italian Community

Félix Rose’s new documentary, La bataille de Saint-Léonard (The Battle of Saint-Léonard), chronicles the language and education protests of the late 1960s that made national headlines for many months. What began as a local dispute soon exploded into a wider political conflict that demanded the intervention of both the provincial and federal governments. The crisis eventually paved the way for Quebec’s Charter of the French Language (Bill 101), adopted a decade later, which forever changed the linguistic and cultural landscape of Quebec. A film devoted to this pivotal, albeit largely…

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Women of Steel Project: Honoring Montreal’s Italian Textile and Garment Workers

Women of Steel Project: Honoring Montreal’s Italian Textile and Garment Workers

The Women of Steel project pays tribute to the Italian immigrant women of Montreal’s first generation who dedicated their lives…

The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice

The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice

In 1946, Montreal restaurateur Frank Roncarelli, an Italian immigrant from Bologna, did the unimaginable – he sued the most powerful…

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