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Pierre Vallieres was a spokesman for the Quebec separatist movement who advocated armed struggle. He terrified the rest of Canada by promising revolution and blood in the streets. So since he trafficked in words, all we see is his mouth in this brief interview. A mouth (with a beard & smoking, naturally) spewing Marxism, muttering about oppression & promising violence. A perfect period time capsule.

That's about the high point of this Canadian govt. sponsored (surprise!) film short. Tony and Equity nominated actress Louise Pitre stars as a stripper who's losing her job because she's not a sleazy as Megan Follows, ( Yep, Anne of Green Gables herself in leather with a whip). Script co-written by award-winning playwright Carol Bolt. Really, with all this talent, couldn't they have made a better movie? (Oh, and Ms. Pitre's breasts are on display for maybe one frame as well. Thank you Ma'am).. One of a series of films sponsored by govt. grants and business tax breaks that never appear to get shown to the general public who pays for them.

Terrific little documentary from political activist Frank Diamand. In 1988, the people of Chile voted in a referendum whether they wanted dictator Augustus Pinochet to step down. Everyone voted yes - but would the man who said "Not a leaf moves in Chile if I don't know about it" actually do it? Just a series of little vignettes as ordinary people wait to see if they made history or face possible death. Where else are you gonna see hundreds of people are singing "No-no-no" to the Blue Danube Waltz? Or Bianca Jagger working for the UN? And the last shot of a young boy facing his future while waving a flag takes the film from a simple documentary to a glimpse of the world changing forever. Good luck finding this movie, but highly recommended