Six documentaries for winter | The Press

Telling real life, the one that often goes beyond fiction, is the job of documentarians. In the coming months, works will speak in particular of an Innu-African community in the Far North and men’s mental health. The upcoming docuseries season at a glance.

In the eye of the party

There are some jobs that are more fun than others. Shelby Jean-Baptiste landed a pretty good one: going to party in ten countries! She hosts the documentary series In the eye of the partywhich will tell thematic events which, according to what we can see in the trailer, can be dance events, carnivals and parades with social connotations like Pride. Each stopover constitutes an incursion into the culture of the country visited.

From January 10, 9 p.m., on TV5

Matimekush

Inaccessible by road, the Innu village of Matimekush is a unique place in the world. Not only because it is a landlocked village in the former mining town of Schefferville, 700 km north of Sept-Îles, but because the majority of its secondary school teachers come… from Africa. What do these two peoples that everything seems to separate have in common? The wound of colonialism, underlines director Guillaume Sylvestre, who tells the story of what is becoming the first African Innu community in the world!

January 12, 8 p.m., on Télé-Québec

Guys, we need to talk

Nobody is against virtue. Everyone considers it important to take care of their mental health. However, specialists note that, regardless of their age, men still have just as much difficulty asking for the help they need. As part of Bell Let’s Talk Day, actor Jean-Nicolas Verreault is interested in men’s mental health. The documentary directed by Jean-Philippe Pariseau Guys, we need to talk will be broadcast from January 22 on Crave, Noovo.ca, Canal D (at 9 p.m.), Canal Vie (at 10 p.m.), as well as January 26 at 8 p.m. on Noovo.

From January 22, multiple broadcasts

I am Magpie

In March 2021, the Magpie River became the first river in America to gain legal personality, which should grant it protections similar to those afforded to humans. Susan Fleming and Kim O’Bomsawin, co-directors of I am Magpietell the story of one of the rare large rivers on the North Shore that has not been obstructed by a hydroelectric dam and which crosses an intact boreal forest where wolves, caribou and bears live. That too is a rarity.

February 3, 8 p.m., on Télé-Québec

Free to choose

The right to abortion is never completely acquired, as we have seen with the invalidation of the judgment Roe c. Wade in the United States in 2022 which opened the door to extremely restrictive laws. States like Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana even ban it in cases of rape or incest. Directors Julie Boisvert and Elise Ekker-Lambert meet doctors, nurses and other front-line workers “who protect the right to abortion” in Canada as a movement to ban it grows power in the country. Along the way, in Free to choosethey also collect testimonies from women who have experienced an abortion.

March 8, 10 p.m., on ICI Télé

Vallières: Across the road

It has often been written: Vincent Vallières has had an unusual career for 25 years. He had already released two records when he was discovered by a wider audience with his album Everyone in their own space (2003). It definitively entered the ears and lives of Quebecers only six years later, with We will love each other againa song which we can already say will be immortal. Like all those that accompany the significant moments of our lives, from weddings to funerals. Sébastien Diaz portrays the singer throughout the seasons.

March 22, 9 p.m., on Télé-Québec