Discovering Acadia and other places

Discover Acadia, its people and history through a fun and educational selection of films.

Children’s program
51 mins.
General public, ages 8+

In Pimp My Boat, the traditional Acadian lobster trap has an unlikely encounter with global‐village pop culture.

Take an entertaining look at some of the provinces with the most Acadians with three films entitled Ta parole est en jeu.

In Wind, a child discovers the wind – the silent, invisible something that tickles his fancy, ruffles his hair and ripples the grass around him.

Jacques meets his new Anglophone neighbour Jimmy in Le petit voisin.

And, in The Juggler, a juggler loses one of his balls and embarks on an adventure around the city to retrieve it.

• Pimp ma botte (Pimp My Boat), Marc Daigle, 2005, 5 min 12 s
• Ta parole est en jeu – Les Acadiens du Nouveau‐Brunswick (The New Brunswick Acadians), Will Cyr, 2012, 2 min 18 s
• Le vent (Wind), Ron Tunis, 1972, 9 min 23 s
• Ta parole est en jeu – Les Acadiens de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (The Prince Edward Island Acadians), Will Cyr, 2012, 1 min 22 s
• Le petit voisin, Ernest Reid, 1962, 18 min
• Ta parole est en jeu – Les Acadiens de la Nouvelle‐Écosse (The Nova Scotia Acadians), Will Cyr, 2012, 2 min 17 s
• Le jongleur (The Juggler), Thomas Vamos, 1980, 12 min 35 s

Questions for reflection and discussion (for both children’s programs):

Take turns in sharing and practicing your active listening.

• What is your favourite season?
• What do you like the most about playing outside? How does it make you feel?
• Imagine a place you would like to visit. How can you get there? What language do people speak? What would you be curious about to explore?