St. Jules, Jeffrey. Let the Daylight Into the Swamp. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 2012. HD, 36 min. https://www.nfb.ca/film/let_the_daylight_into_the_swamp/.
In this experimental short, filmmaker Jeffrey St. Jules whimsically reconstructs the story of his grandparents and their rugged frontier existence in the logging towns of Northern Ontario. A blend of fiction and documentary, the film stitches together a fractured, dramatic and very personal family history that is filled with both the joie de vivre and hardships reflective of Franco-Ontarian life. (Source: Adapted from Official Film Website)
© 2012 National Film Board of Canada. Film used with permission.
This film is available at the Rachel Carson Center Library (RCC, 4th floor, Leopoldstrasse 11a, 80802 Munich) for on-site viewing only. For more information, please contact library@rcc.lmu.de.
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