Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation

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Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation
Directed byCatherine Annau
Produced byGerry Flahive
Yves Bisaillon
Edited byCraig Webster
Music byRick Tait
Production
company
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
75 min 51 s
CountryCanada

Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation (French title: Frenchkiss : La génération du rêve Trudeau) is a Canadian documentary film by Catherine Annau, produced in 1999 by the National Film Board of Canada.

The film explores the social and cultural impact of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's vision of a bilingual and bicultural nation, through interviews with eight Generation Xers whose views of Canada were formed and influenced during the Trudeau era. The name of the movie comes from "just watch me", a phrase made famous by Trudeau in October 1970 when he spoke of his determination to restore civil order in Quebec during the October Crisis.[1][2]

Actor Evan Adams was one of the eight interview subjects. The film's soundtrack incorporates Canadian pop songs in both of Canada's official languages, with songs by The Stampeders, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Leonard Cohen, Robert Charlebois and Beau Dommage.[3]

Awards for the film include Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.[4]

References

  1. ^ Peters, Joanne (6 October 2000). "Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation". Canadian Materials. VII (3). Manitoba Library Association.
  2. ^ Gittings, Christopher E. (2017-01-23). Canadian National Cinema: Ideology, Difference and Representation. Psychology Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780415142816.
  3. ^ Kelly, Brendan (1999-10-11). "Review: 'Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  4. ^ "Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-02-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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