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A revealing film on immigration, integration, and the contributions of the Haitian community that arrived in Quebec in the 1960s and 1970s.

The arrival of this community—then the largest wave of Francophone immigration in Quebec’s history—was driven by two major factors: the demand for skilled workers generated by the Quiet Revolution, and the forced exile caused by the dictatorship of François Duvalier beginning in 1957. Today, as the Haitian diaspora numbers nearly 2.5 million people worldwide, the documentary focuses on the core of this story of exile and integration: the challenges faced by these migrants, the promises of a host society, and the essential contributions made by these women and men to modern Quebec.