Black October (film)

Black October is a 2000 documentary film written, directed and narrated by Terence McKenna and produced by Stephen Phizicky for CBC television on the October Crisis in Canada which aired in October 2000. It focuses on the autumn of 1970, following the kidnapping of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte by the Front de libération du Québec in October. The War Measures Act was declared by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau a day before it was discovered Laporte was executed.

Black October
Written byTerence McKenna
Directed byTerence McKenna
Narrated byTerence McKenna
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerStephen Phizicky
Release
Original networkCBC
Original release
  • October 8, 2000 (2000-10-08)

The film includes interviews with Pierre Trudeau, his then Principal Secretary Marc Lalonde, Quebec Minister of Justice Jerome Choquette, then British Trade Commissioner James Cross, and former Le Devoir Editor Claude Ryan who became a key participant in the crisis.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2009-07-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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