To see on TV5: Yours Jedi
With her recent documentary, Sara Ben-Saud follows in the footsteps of her paternal grandfather who died in 2009 on the other side of the Atlantic. Yours Jedi, taken from the latter’s nickname and which means “grandfather” in Arabic, explores the filmmaker’s Libyan and Tunisian origins. After discovering the memoirs of her ancestor, written during the pre-Gaddafi period in Libya and then bequeathed to her son, the woman who has been immersed all her life in Quebec culture, that of her mother, decides to undertake a quest for identity.
For several months, she settled near her family in Tunisia, began to learn Arabic and, above all, questioned those close to her about her Jeddi — who liked to compare himself to the character of Don Quixote — as she observes them and gets to know them. Yours Jedi is, in fact, a tender and luminous story which tells of roots and heritage as much as it evokes discovery, unwavering bonds and love.
Wednesday, June 12 at 9 p.m.
To see on VAT: Autistic, the beginning
The announcement often has the effect of an atomic bomb. When the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) occurs, often after several years of medical and social procedures, the loved ones of these extraordinary children are often in shock. It is therefore with the aim of helping families overcome this stage that Charles Lafortune and Sophie Prégent, parents of Mathis, a 21-year-old autistic person, have chosen to share the genesis of their experience. After three seasons of a show that already focused on illness, Autistic, the beginning returns in particular to the origins of a great upheaval.
Viewers follow several families who are waiting for this famous diagnosis, which often proves to be a relief despite the pain and the magnitude of the change to come. Through the memories they have of Mathis’s early years and their efforts to find him a new companion, Charles Lafortune and Sophie Prégent pursue one of their life missions: to demystify ASD by showing their daily lives and raising awareness. public with kindness and kindness.
Thursday at 7 p.m. starting June 13
To see on Télé-Québec: History of a union
This three-part British documentary directed by Lyndy Saville traces the history of the Soviet Union in detail. This one is part of the series lineage, like Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War on Netflix, which focuses on the foundations of contemporary Russia. Formed in 1922 after a tumultuous five-year period of civil war, the USSR isolated itself from the rest of the world for several decades and posed a constant threat on an international scale. The first episode of theHistory of a union thus begins with the rise of Stalin, who took power in the late 1920s and governed this vast territory with an iron fist until his death in 1953.
The series then plunges us into the heart of the Cold War, from the construction of the Berlin Wall to the Cuban missile crisis, including the frantic space race. Finally, after some seven decades of existence, the USSR was dissolved in 1991 under Gorbachev, two years after the major crisis caused by the occupation of Afghanistan and the fall of the wall. A series that is all the more captivating if viewed in the light of current geopolitics!
From June 10 to 12, at 8 p.m. Broadcast on telequebec.tv.
To see on noovo.ca : I love juice
Fans of satire, mockumentaries and social criticism can rejoice: Alec Pronovost, notably known for being one of the creators of Completely high school and of Soly Clubreturns with the original series, and for once completely hilarious, I love juice. There we meet Mathieu Mailloux, wonderfully played by François Ruel-Côté (Breathe in breathe out), an ambitious but incompetent and immature entrepreneur who accumulates blunders and failures — always to our greatest pleasure. He finds himself, for example, in troubled waters as he denounces the questionable actions of his very unscrupulous employer, a Quebec flagship who makes his fortune thanks to an energy drink called ZOOP™, of which he also reveals the secret ingredient. Very quickly, Mathieu becomes the man at the center of one of Quebec’s biggest trials…
Note that the distribution of I love juice also includes Éric Robidoux, Peter Miller, Elle Rodriguez, Yasser Essoulimani, Myriam LeBlanc, Robin Aubert, Josée Deschênes, Karl Walcott, Philipe Moderie and Denis Marchand.
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