Most Popular Serge Giguère Trailers
Total trailers found: 32
Temiscaming, Québec Trailer (1976)
20 October 1976
Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down.
Silver Rivers Trailer (2002)
01 October 2002
In 2001, the government of Quebec announced a new program to issue permits for the construction of private hydroelectric dams at specific sites.
Maurice Trailer (2025)
07 March 2025
MAURICE reveals the famous #9 of the Montreal Canadiens like never before. Through never-before-seen archival footage shot over 35 years, this documentary offers exclusive access to the man behind the Rocket myth.
Back to the Land Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s.
Belle famille Trailer (1978)
11 July 1978
A working class family leaves St-Henri quarter in Montréal to build a new home in the countryside.
Capturing Reality Trailer (2008)
01 November 2008
From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre.
Crossroads - Three Jazz Pianists Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Shot in 1987 at the Montréal International Jazz Festival, this documentary film presents musical performances and conversations between three jazz pianists with remarkably different styles: Soviet Leonid Chizhik, Black Montrealer Oliver Jones, and French-Canadian Jean Beaudet.
Dancing Around the Table, Part One Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people played in shaping the Canadian Constitution.
De la tourbe et du restant Trailer (1979)
27 December 1979
This film is first and foremost a documentary on the exploitation of the peat bogs of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, which export most of their humus production to the United States: but the film is also the story of the exploitation of nature by man and of man by man.
Splash Trailer (1981)
27 December 1981
Berri and Ste-Catherine, at 8:30 a.m. on June 19, traffic was paralyzed by 8 individuals, who appeared from who knows where.
Précis du quotidien Trailer (2008)
27 December 2008
A summer in the life of a mother and her two children. Précis of the Everyday is a tender look at the memory, passing time, imagination and poetry that make every day a unique experience.
My Mother's Letters Trailer (2018)
16 March 2018
In this very personal and poetic film, veteran documentarian Serge Giguère pores through 100 letters written by his late mother to him and his 15 siblings.
Oscar Thiffault Trailer (1987)
06 June 1987
A documentary about the folk country musician Oscar Thiffault, the famous songwriter of Le Rapide blanc.
9 St-Augustin Trailer (1996)
15 June 1996
Raymond Roy is a 64-year-old idealist, an energetic social activist ready to give everything he has to those living on the edge: the alienated, impoverished and exploited members of society.
A Labour of Sharing Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
A documentary that allows us to witness three births in their intimacy. Through their actions, the couples who agreed to participate in the film help to propose alternatives to the dominant medical interventions in hospitals.
Avant le jour Trailer (2000)
27 December 2000
Before Daybreak is a film about how life is passed on, and about the privileged relationship people have with the land they inhabit.
Paysage sous les paupières Trailer (1995)
27 December 1995
Through the eyes of children and women of different generations, this film reveals the soul of a small village on the Upper North Shore.
Les grands enfants Trailer (1980)
24 April 1980
Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships.
Finding Macpherson Trailer (2014)
26 September 2014
Years after first being inspired by a Félix Leclerc song, Martine Chartrand directed the film MACPHERSON.
Ti-Dré Trailer (1976)
04 July 1976
Luc-André Godbout, better known as Ti-Dré, is a forty-three-year-old orphan who cleanses furnaces and consciences.
Le reel du mégaphone Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
This musical documentary by Serge Giguère focuses on Gilles Garand, a passionate promoter of Quebec’s heritage and an ardent champion of workers’ rights.
Barbed Wire and Mandolins Trailer (1997)
04 March 1997
Upon Canada's entry into World War II, the RCMP rounded up thousands of people it considered fascist sympathizers.
Aube urbaine Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
This short documentary chronicles the everyday life of the city's residents. We hear testimonials from citizens set against black-and-white images of life downtown.
Toul Québec au monde sua jobbe Trailer (1978)
11 June 1978
Toul Québec au monde sua jobbe stages the takeover of a factory by the workers. A 1978 film interpreted by non-professionals, it is one of the few examples of worker cinema in Quebec.
Le père de Gracile Trailer (2004)
11 November 2004
What does a curious little girl find on her way north? Wolves, trees, stones, people. Through Gracile's quest to find her father, this documentary tale takes us into a world of men.
Le roi du drum Trailer (1992)
06 June 1992
Guy Nadon is the rhythm incarnate. A jazz drummer who strikes on everything that makes noise. A king of musical improvisation, but also a king of improvisation, sometimes holding words bordering on surrealism.
