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1. Evangeline (1929)
87 min | Drama
In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Roland Drew, Alec B. Francis, Donald Reed
Votes: 168
2. Evangeline (1914)
50 min | Drama
PART I: Evangeline and Gabriel as children are being taught their lessons by Father Felician, priest and pedagogue. After their lessons they hurry to the forge of Basil, the blacksmith, to ... See full summary »
Directors: William Cavanaugh, Edward P. Sullivan | Stars: Laura Lyman, John T. Carleton, Edward P. Sullivan, Arthur Morrison
Votes: 23
3. Evangeline (1919)
50 min | Drama, History
In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Miriam Cooper, Alan Roscoe, Spottiswoode Aitken, James A. Marcus
Votes: 18
4. The Acadian Connection (1995)
77 min | Documentary
National Film Board of Canada documentary of stories of Acadians (French Canadians from the eastern Maritime provinces). Hundreds of thousands of Acadians emigrated to Louisiana, hence the term 'Cajun.'
Director: Monique LeBlanc | Star: Monique LeBlanc
Votes: 6
5. Le secret de Jérôme (1994)
100 min | Drama
In 1863, when a legless, shipwrecked man washes up on the Acadian coast, he's taken to the home of Jean the Corsican, a burly and bitter former soldier, and his childless young wife, ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Comeau | Stars: Myriam Cyr, Germain Houde, Rémy Girard, Denis Lapalme
Votes: 58
6. Acadia Acadia?!? (1971)
117 min | Documentary
Long métrage documentaire tourné dans les coulisses de l'action à l'Université de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick), théâtre du réveil acadien de la fin des années 1960. Dans une province où 40 ... See full summary »
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Irène Doiron, Michel Blanchard, Bernard Gauvin, Blondine Maurice
Votes: 117
7. Finding Cajun (2018)
52 min | Documentary | Completed
An in-depth and critical look at cultural identity in Louisiana and the evolution of Cajun identity.
Director: Nathan Rabalais
Votes: 8
8. Esprits de famille (2007)
62 min | Documentary
-"Esprits de famille" is an auteur documentary for all that tells the story of a tri-generational family venturing to trace its family line back to the arrival of its first ancestors in ... See full summary »
Director: Lysanne Thibodeau | Stars: Sarah Beanlands, Pierre Thibodeau Gravel, Richard Laurin, Wayne Melanson
9. Acadie/Liberté (1993)
40 min | Short, History
Docudrama featuring reenactments of the most significant events of the deportation of the Acadian people, the film revisits their journey from the 17th century to the end of the 18th century from the Atlantic region of Canada to Louisiana.
Director: Pierre Radford | Stars: Rose-Marie Després, Ivan VanHecke
10. Bienvenue chez nous - La gang à Richibouctou Village (2014)
53 min | Documentary
When the fishing boats set out from Richibouctou this morning, the villagers aren't looking for fish, but to put their small Acadian town on the map. Why? There is a film crew in town.
Directors: Isabelle Darveau, Christine Doyon | Stars: Jean Beaudry, François Barbeau, Charles Dugas, Raymond Dupuis
Votes: 10
12. L'Acadie retrouvée (1995)
54 min | Documentary
The First Acadian World Congress, or Premier Congrès Mondial Acadien, held from August 12 to 22, 1994, in the Acadian Peninsula in northeastern New Brunswick, brought together for the first time in history Acadians from all over the world.
Directors: Herménégilde Chiasson, Renée Blanchar, Ginette Pellerin
13. Les années noires (1995)
51 min
A fresh look, a relevant analysis, a powerful document on the deportation of a large part of the Acadian population in the Thirteen American Colonies. This attempt to destroy Acadia continued for seven years, from 1755 until 1763.
Director: Herménégilde Chiasson | Stars: Marcia Babineau, Maurice Basque, Rénald Bourgeois, Régis Brun
14. Homard À Vie (2012)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Homard A Vie follows the traditional lives of lobster fishermen in the remote Acadian district of Clare, Nova Scotia. It relates the life of lobsters, the mystery of their longevity to the ... See full summary »
Director: Jenna Marks | Stars: Bernie Comeau, Costas Halavrezos, Therese Saulnier
15. Portraits of America: The National Parks (1989 Video)
76 min | Documentary
Experience Yellowstone, Acadia, Mount Rainier, Arches, Mesa Verde, Bryce Canyon, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Petrified Forest, Hawaii Volcanoes, Great Smokies, Carlsbad Caverns,... See full summary »
Star: Doug Jones
Votes: 13
16. Canada Vignettes: Acadian Quadrille (1978)
4 min | Documentary, Short
Exploring the quadrille, a traditional dance of Acadia.
Director: Colette Blanchard | Star: John Boylan
17. The Acadian Forest: The Story So Far (2011)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The film explains how the forest industry in the Acadian Forest region of Canada, with government help through lack of protection, slowly turns a thriving ecosystem into a tree plantation through industrial forestry methods.
Director: Mark Brennan | Star: Mark Brennan
18. Évangéline en quête (1996)
54 min | Documentary
Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie," and the phenomenon it became.
Director: Ginette Pellerin
19. Le Centre culturel Aberdeen (2018)
4 min | Short
Promotional film for the Aberdeen Cultural Centre, an Acadian cultural cooperative containing multiple studios and art galleries, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Director: Helgi Piccinin | Stars: René Légère, Annie-France Noël, Michel Savoie
20. La rencontre (1994)
17 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary reflects on the unique experience of the performers and members of the film crew of Tim Radford's doc-drama Acadie/Liberté.
Director: Gilles Arseneault
21.
Recreating Eden (2002– )
Episode:
The Simple Life
(2006)
Documentary
From a young age, Philippe Levesque loved gardening. After spending time in England, he returned home to New Brunswick and created Macrophylla Nursery, a special place that provides the local community with an abundance of garden delights.
Director: Erna Buffie | Star: Phillipe Levesque
22.
The Fifth Estate (1975– )
Episode:
Acadian Antonine Maillet unknown in Canada
(1980)
14 min | Documentary, News
Stars: Adrienne Clarkson, William Johnson, Viola Léger, Antonine Maillet