The Lumberfros

Name: The Lumberfros
Director: Stéphanie Lanthier
Released: 2010

Stéphanie Lanthier 2010

In Abitibi, hundreds of kilometres from the city, thousands of workers go up North, as did Jos Montferrand and François Paradis. Working as brush cutters, these 21st-century lumberjacks discover Quebec’s boreal forest. Far from their families, they spend five or six months a year in logging camps that mirror a new Quebec. Quebecers of French-Canadian descent and Neo-Quebecers from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia work side by side. All have come to earn a living in the forest. Filmmaker Stéphanie Lanthier invites us to spend an entire season inside this northern micro society.

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Running Time:

71 min

Spoken Languages:

English, French

Directors:

Stéphanie Lanthier

Producers:

Jacques Turgeon, André Mailly, Alain Corneau

Editors:

Aube Foglia

Production Companies:

Doc Productions inc., National Film Board of Canada

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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - 2011

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