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International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia
QUEBECAUSE (1982) 1:20 min.
Since 1968, the Parti Québécois, a Quebec provincial political party, has appealed for constitutional negotiations on the matter of provincial sovereignty, in addition to holding two provincial referendums on the matter. Featured in the British Canadian Film Exchange (London/Vancouver 1984), Quebecause was conceived at the late stages of the interminable debate over Quebec separation. The videopoem satirizes the Quebec-ego. As in its title, each word beginning with the letter “c” is prefaced with “Quebec”. Handwritten text superimposed over a moving ride-on mower.
