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The Settler

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The Settler
FrenchL'Abatis
Directed byBernard Devlin
Raymond Garceau
Written byBernard Devlin
Produced byGuy Glover
Narrated byJean Sarrazin (French)
William Greaves (English)
CinematographyDenis Gillson
Edited byVictor Jobin
Music byMorris Surdin
Production
company
Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
Running time
16 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

The Settler (French: L'Abatis) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Bernard Devlin and Raymond Garceau and released in 1952.[1] The film depicts the history of settlement in the Abitibi region of Quebec.[1]

The film was released both in a French-language version narrated by Jean Sarrazin, and an English-language version narrated by William Greaves.

The film received an honorable mention for the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 6th Canadian Film Awards in 1954.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Seth Feldman, Take Two. Irwin Publishing, 1984. ISBN 9780772515063. pp. 186-187.
  2. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
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