Years of Hope and Anger

Years of Hope and Anger
Starring	Various
Narrated by	Maggie Huculak
Theme music composer	Claude Desjardins and Eric Robertson
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English, French (original); later dubbed to multiple foreign languages
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Starowicz
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	120 min
Release
Original network	CBC
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 11, 2001
Chronology
Preceded by	Comfort and Fear
Followed by	In an Uncertain World
External links
Website

Years of Hope and Anger is the 16th episode of the dramatic documentary television series, Canada: A People's History.

The episode first aired on CBC Television on November 11, 2001. As with the rest of the series, the story was told by the people involved and included a great sense of drama. This episode covered Canadian History from 1964 to 1976, despite the fact that some of the events in the earlier chapters occurred in the years preceding 1964. Due to the nature of the time period, the visuals used included photos (usually black and white), filming of indirect objects and archival recordings. Most of the words were recorded by voice actors, while some of the words were spoken by the figures themselves, and a few among this number were in the French language, with English subtitles.

Some of the main themes in this episode included Quebec sovereignty movement, the challenging of the status quo and the effects of progress. Special attention was placed on the possibilities of the era. The Vignettes and Chapter descriptions (shown below) support this.

Vignettes

Opening Vignette

“This is the story of a time when anything seems possible, when progress has become a religion, when people believe there are no bounds to the inventiveness of human beings. A time when the young do their own thing and want to save the world, when women right for equal rights and first nations claim their ancestral heritage. This is the moment when Canada asserts its identity to the world, just as it slides into one of the worst crisis in its history. A time when Canadians must choose between conflicting visions of their future and when excess of all kinds leads to a sobering awakening.”

Mid-Episode Vignette

“In the mid-‘60s, people everywhere are doing their own thing. Powerful institutions are under attack. Sometimes, there’s even revolution in the air. The long post-war boom comes crashing down and the country faces its most divisive crisis of the century (Levesque: ‘...que je pourrais être aussi fier d'être Québécois.’) (Trudeau: ‘I am confident that Quebecers will continue to reject separatism.’)”

Chapters

Hour 1

#	Chapter Title	Topics	Personalities
1	Opening Vignette	Apollo 11 landing on Moon English Canadian, Native and French Canadian reaction	Neil Armstrong June Callwood Mike Steinhauer Lise Balcer
2	Episode Beginning	Mariposa Folk Festival Youth arts and idealism Opposition to Vietnam War	Sharon Hampson Margaret Atwood Leonard Cohen James Laxer
3	"Maîtres Chez Nous"	Quebec's homegrown culture Nationalism of Hydroelectricity Quiet Revolution Rejection of Catholic Church Quebec Education System	Jean Lesage René Lévesque J. A. Fuller Juliette Gagnon Micheline Poirier Claude Brouillette Paul Gerin-Lajoie Maurice Roy Daniel Johnson
4	The Planners of Happiness	Progress reshapes nature of Canada Relocation of civilians Damming of Columbia River Closing of Newfoundland outports Destruction of Africville	W.A.C. Bennett Joey Smallwood Terry Dixon John Edward Lloyd Daisy Carvery Aaron Carvery
5	A Question of Equality	Working Women Women in Politics Civil Code of Quebec Creation of The Pill Illegal Birth Control and Abortion	Doris Anderson Ellen Fairclough Claire Kirkland-Casgrain John Rock Harold Fine Joan Smith
6	Under a New Flag	Fall of Diefenbaker Francophones in Federal Government and C.N.R. Report Rise of the Front de libération du Québec Pearson becomes prime minister and create Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism Creation of Maple Leaf Flag of Canada "Three Wise Men" of Liberal Party	John Diefenbaker André Laurendeau Donald Gordon Gilles Grégoire Gérard Pelletier René Lévesque Lester Pearson Davidson Dunton Jean Marchand Pierre Trudeau
7	Going Down the Road	Decline of Newfoundland economy Bell Island Mining Industry dies Ontario Employment Movement of people in Atlantic Provinces	Margaret Hynes Hubert Butler
8	“Vive le Québec Libre”	Canada Centennial, Expo 67 Vive le Québec libre speech English and French reaction Trudeaumania, Canadian federal election, 1968 Saint Jean Baptiste Day riots	Charles de Gaulle René Lévesque Lester Pearson Pierre Bourgault Pierre Trudeau Micheline Poirier

Hour 2

#	Chapter Title	Topics	Personalities
9	Do Your Own Thing	McLuhan's Global village Young revolutionaries Protest and reactions to Vietnam War Greenpeace protests American nuclear bomb test on Amchitka	Marshall McLuhan Micheline Poirier Claude Brouillette Lise Balcer Paul Rose John Lennon Margaret Atwood Peggy Hope-Simpson Patrick Moore Robert Hunter Marie Bohlen
10	Taking Back the Past	1969 White Paper for Native integration to White schools Native refusal of educational cultural assimilation Blue Quills School conflict First Nation negotiations	Pierre Trudeau Harold Cardinal Jean Chrétien Stanley Redcrow Edith Memnook Charles Wood Mike Steinhauer Margaret Queeny Frank Calder
11	Language Wars	Disadvantages of French Canadians Bilingualism of New Brunswick Debate on the Université de Moncton Language battles of Saint-Léonard Question of the status of the French language in Quebec	André Laurendeau Bernard Gauvin Irene Doiron Pierre Trudeau Raymond Lemieux Nick Ciamarra
12	October 1970	The October Crisis FLQ kidnaps Cross and Laporte Loyalties of FLQ and police forces Invoking of the War Measures Act Arrests and Releases of FLQ sympathizers Assassination of Pierre Laporte	Lise Balcer Paul Rose James Cross Pierre Trudeau Pierre Laporte Robert Bourassa Tim Ralfe Robert Lemieux Pauline Julien Gérald Godin Tommy Douglas
13	A Most Fundamental Choice	Creation of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women Decriminalization of Abortion British Columbian Abortion Cavalcade The Morgentaler Case	Doris Anderson Marcy Cohen Henry Morgentaler
14	The End of Illusions	End of Economic Post-World War II Boom 1972 Quebec Strike Trudeau freezes Wages and Prices Alberta Oil Crisis	Paul Henderson Louisette Laforest Hubert Butler Pierre Trudeau Robert Bourassa Bob Brawn Peter Lougheed
15	A Winning Strategy	Quebec elections of 1973 and 1976 Lévesque considers quitting politics Reaction to Bill 22 Refusal of Bilingual airports at 1976 Summer Olympics Parti Québécois Victory	René Lévesque Louisette Laforest Claude Morin Robert Bourassa Nick Ciamarra Jean Marchand Pierre Trudeau Robert Bourassa

External links

• Years of Hope and Anger at the Internet Movie Database