Action: The October Crisis of 1970

The FLQ October Crisis 1970 film is, for lack of a better word, boring. The fact that the film is in black and white is of no issue, in fact FLQ October Crisis 1970 is very pleasing to look at and watch. The video compilation presented many scenes that are fun to watch and is intriguing to see the historical context of that time. Seeing the protest, conferences, and speakers during this time really sells the message that the video is trying to get across, and shows how important the political scene in Canada was during this time. However, the narration of this film destroys any enjoyment that one might have watching this film. The narration is so monotone that it makes a metronome sound like its playing a Beethoven symphony. The Narration could put a person with insomnia to sleep. If this was shown in a high school class, everyone, without a doubt, would be asleep including the teacher. If you can get past the narration, the information presented in the film is very informative and interesting. It outlines the political turmoil in Canada during the time wished to be independent. The biggest point of the film is the differences between several political parties and the struggles that followed suite due to these struggles. The film presents many interview from both sides that seemed pretty heated giving the film a slight edge that is dulled by the narration once more. Overall, I would not recommend this film. Although the information in the film is presented in a unique way, the narration makes this film not worth the watch. There is without a doubt, a better way to learn the information presented in this film. Given all these parameters, I would rate FLQ October Crisis 1970 a 4/10.

Just want to start off that this movie is a documentary but spoken by a very boring sounding narrator. Also, it seemed that the narrator had a very strange accent that made it hard for the average American to understand. To help understand the video if you payed close attention to the events you could usually figure out what the narrator is talking about. If you can get past that the documentary was very informative and showed a different side of Canada. This filmed showed the events that the Canadian terrorist group in Quebec did. From what I gathered there was a lot of tension that Quebec would loss its French culture to the British. So the French-Canadians showed their emotions by kidnapping Politian's, and blowing up buildings, starting riots, pretty much anything that made a huge impact the French-Canadians did. This was a very big issue for Canada but in the movie the narrators voice hardly changed so, me the viewer, did not get the intense feeling that I should have got. Even in the News interview they seemed calm but knew that this was a very big issue that they needed to overcome. I get that the French-Canadians of Quebec were angry and wanted to keep their French heritage in there Providence but they went about this the wrong way. This video would be a great way to show of what not to do when you want something a curtain way. I now understand why this was not a huge part in my History of Canada course because it was a bad/ almost embarrassing time for Canada. Overall, I would give this documentary a 5 out of 10 because it did have some very interesting events and had actual footage of the events, but the way the video was constructed was terrible and made it hard to watch.

Action: The October Crisis of 1970 succeeded in some things, but failed in others. Overall, the film was incredibly informative and well written. The overall structure of the documentary suited the topic. When discussing the historical events surrounding the terror attacks in 1970, they carefully explain the details leading up to the government cracking down on radical groups. While this is tedious at times, it gets most of the ideas across regarding the severity of the terror attacks and the political upheaval happening in Canada in 1970. While the documentary does an incredible job at relaying the details of these historical events, most of the time is spent with a monotone, drawl narration. This narration, while informative, is incredibly hard to listen to. If the narration had been slightly more enthusiastic or engaged, the information would be much easier to process. The closest thing the narration could be related to is a college lecture of 300 students with a bland professor; while the content might be interesting, a wide audience will not be intrigued by what is being presented. Overall, when looking at this documentary for information, it should receive a 10 out of 10. When factoring in the narration and droning nature that it has, the documentary should get a 6 out of 10. Yes, the documentary is good, but it becomes incredibly boring after the first 10 minutes simply because of the narration.

The beginning is very confusing. The first, about, 15 minutes was a lot of riot footage from different riots, and it was rather difficult to follow the transitions as the whole timeline was laid out with the necessary background information on the actual event. It was about a half hour into the movie that I finally understood what the Crisis in question was, although I question it being called the October crisis as the one kidnapping victim was missing for about 2 months and the other acts of terrorism went on for months before that. So perhaps I still missed that detail. For the most part the video made sense and could be followed, but there were some transitions - especially at the beginning - that I had to stop and go back and was maybe still a little confused about the timeline. Overall, I gathered that this video was covering a very messy time in Quebec and Canadian history, so it is not surprising that there was a lot to cover and not a great way to go about it. I get also get the sense that it would be more impactful if you could at least read, if not speak, French as well as English. That is likely true for most stories or anything with Quebec though. This video is entirely worth watching if you have any interest in Quebec or all of Canadian History. I have said a couple times that it was a little hard to follow, but I am confident I understood the majority of it, and the main points are shocking to someone with, mostly, only a stereotype understanding of Canada. It is saddening, but also humbling in a way. In a way I feel that it offered an unfortunately relatable view of Canadian politics. Like the idea that Canada could have such acts of pure terrorism inflicted on them by their own citizens makes it seem like Canada has more in common with the rest of the world. Which is unfortunate since in some ways I viewed them as a better than that before, but a country is made up of individuals who always come in a spectrum.

After watching this film, I would rate it a five out of ten. It was rather drawn out in my opinion and the film itself was very hard to watch in my opinion. While this is an informative film and discussed a very important topic in Canadian history that is not very well known, it could have been produced in a better way that is easier to watch. The narrator of the film had a very boring voice which made it hard to pay attention to the movie. There are clips of interviews that are included in the movie that are very informative and necessary in relation to the events and history covered, however they seemed a bit long to me. Before watching this movie, I was not aware of this event in Canadian history and had the impression most people have of Canada which is that they are a peaceful country that is not very violent. This film changed my opinion on Canada just being a peaceful country due to the violence that happened during this time. The film is about the events that took place in Quebec during 1970. During this time the English were slowly taking over and the people of Quebec, who are mainly French, did not like this and wanted to continue to keep French culture a part of their lives. Instead of going about this peacefully, the separatists and terrorist group, FLQ, rioted, blew things up, kidnapped, and killed police officers. The film includes actual footage of the riots which was a nice addition because it adds some perspective on how angry the people really were. With all this being said, this is a very informative film but is just hard to pay attention to in my opinion. I would recommend this to anyone who has a serious interest in Canadian history since this is not something that I would choose to just sit down and watch.