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This documentary short opens with an excerpt from a 1957 film by Jean Rouch showing an annual celebration in Ghana where Africans dressed as their British colonizers. It then transitions to footage of the Beaver Club’s 1985 annual banquet at Montréal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel, marking the organization's 200th anniversary and attended by Canada’s political and business elite. The filmmaker’s commentary frames both events as representations of colonialism.

1993 · 15m

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This documentary short opens with an excerpt from a 1957 film by Jean Rouch showing an annual celebration in Ghana where Africans dressed as their British colonizers. It then transitions to footage of the Beaver Club’s 1985 annual banquet at Montréal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel, marking the organization's 200th anniversary and attended by Canada’s political and business elite. The filmmaker’s commentary frames both events as representations of colonialism.

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Studio
Éléphant : mémoire du cinéma québécois
Released
1993
Run Time
15 min
Rated
G
Region of Origin
Canada

Languages

Original Audio
French (Canada)
Audio

French (Canada) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (Canada) (SDH), French (Canada) (CC), Spanish (Latin America) (SDH)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.