Diaspora Power
Documentary | 2026 | 52 min
Languages: French
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.
With Dr. Yvette Bonny, Dr. Carlo Sterlin, Maryse Alcindor, Jean-Claude Icart, Dominique Anglade, Anthony Kavanagh, Maxime Aurélien.
Directed by : Joseph Hillel
Editing : Dominique Sicotte
Image : Nicolas Canniccioni, Thomas Leblanc-Murray
Music : Mathieu Charbonneau
Sound recording : René Portillo Ruiz
Production : Qu4tre by Quatre Films, Joseph Hillel
Line Producer : Carmen Garcia, Sophie Martin
The film will be on ici.tou.tv on January 31st!
A Radio-Canada presentation.
