Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Birthday: 1919-10-18

Place of Birth: Montreal, Canada

Biography: Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1919 – 2000) was a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1968 to 1984 and as the 15th prime minister of Canada (1968–1979 and 1980–1984). His political longevity and the fundamental changes he initiated in Canadian politics and society at large make him arguably the most important Canadian figure of the latter half of the 20th century.

Movies

Dancing Around the Table, Part One
Dancing Around the Table, Part One

Dancing Around the Table: Part One provides a fascinating look at the crucial role Indigenous people...

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Royal Family
Royal Family

Intimate portrait of the daily life of the British Royal Family drawn from 18 months of filming with...

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Hold on to Daddy's Ears
Hold on to Daddy's Ears

The tribulations of two Québec nationalists in the English-speaking world of insurance. A satire tha...

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Reason Over Passion
Reason Over Passion

The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the c...

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Les Rose
Les Rose

In October 1970, members of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped and murdered Minister ...

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15 Nov
15 Nov

A look at November 15, 1976, the date the Parti Québécois seized power in the provincial elections, ...

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The Road to Patriation
The Road to Patriation

This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial gover...

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Les Feux de la Saint-Jean
Les Feux de la Saint-Jean

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Dief!
Dief!

This documentary short is a portrait of Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and 13th prime ...

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John & Yoko's Year of Peace
John & Yoko's Year of Peace

The year: 1969. Headlines blare war and civil unrest while John Lennon and Yoko Ono are in love. The...

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Comfort and Indifference
Comfort and Indifference

Made shortly after the referendum on Quebec's independence was held, this documentary illustrates wh...

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The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesqu...

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The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of ...

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The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the y...

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Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation

Canadian director Catherine Annau's debut work is a documentary about the legacy of Pierre Trudeau, ...

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Welcome to My Castle!
Welcome to My Castle!

Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau...

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Two Women In Gold
Two Women In Gold

Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel S...

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The Devil's Share
The Devil's Share

Quebec, on the cusp of the 1960s. The province is on the brink of momentous change. Deftly selecting...

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Gai(e), tu ne seras point
Gai(e), tu ne seras point

A documentary that offers an intimate yet powerful perspective on the scars endured by survivors of ...

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Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous
Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous

A nostalgic deep dive into the world of Rock Demers’ popular children’s film series....

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Action : The October Crisis of 1970
Action : The October Crisis of 1970

A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the outco...

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Jusqu'au cou
Jusqu'au cou

The story of a young university student who deals with love in the midst of the Quebec separatist mo...

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Inbound
Inbound

Documenting the shared trajectory between Canada’s rise as a global basketball powerhouse and the ci...

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History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election

This documentary examines the media's coverage of the Canadian federal election of May 1979. Filmed ...

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Trudeau
Trudeau

This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott T...

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