Speak White (movie)

Speak White (movie)

  • User score: 8
  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: Julien Poulin , Pierre Falardeau
  • Production companies: ONF | NFB
  • Release date: 1/1/1980
  • Run time: 6 min.

Movie description

Speak White is a French language poem composed by Québécois writer Michèle Lalonde in 1968. It was first recited in 1970 and was published in 1974 by Editions de l'Hexagone, Montreal. It denounced the poor situation of French-speakers in Quebec and takes the tone of a collective complaint against English-speaking Quebecers. In 1980, Speak White was made into a short motion picture by polemicists Pierre Falardeau and Julien Poulin, the six-minute film featured actress Marie Eykel reading Lalonde's poem. It was released by the National Film Board of Canada.

Actors

Marie Eykel

Marie Eykel

Role(s): Narrator

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