Evangeline's Quest
Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” and the phenomenon it became.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: ONF | NFB
- Keyword: poetry, deportation, young woman, acadians
- Cast:
Explores the creation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie,” and the phenomenon it became.
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National Film Board of Canada documentary of stories of Acadians (French Canadians from the eastern Maritime provinces). Hundreds of thousands of...
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