View from the Summit

Synopsis

This feature documentary takes us back to April 20, 2001, as Quebec City prepares to host the 3-day Summit of the Americas. A 4-kilometre fence has been erected, cutting off the Upper Town from the rest of the city. Thirty-four heads of state from the Americas will meet behind closed doors to discuss agreements for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Those opposed to the FTAA are mobilizing and gathering in Quebec City, too. Several thousand delegates have come to participate in the People's Summit, and tens of thousands will march in protest. Six thousand police officers fill the streets and it looks as if the historic Quebec capital is under siege. The local population fears the worst. Will the Quebec capital become a battleground? Shot in cinéma vérité style by 7 of Quebec's best documentary filmmakers, View from the Summit vividly portrays what happens when passionate and creative protesters clash with the ideologies of those in power.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Magnus Isacsson
Camera	Director of Photography	Jean-Pierre Saint-Louis Andrei Khabad Eve Lamont Martin Duckworth Rénald Bellemare Martin Leclerc François Beauchemin Henry Bernadet
Production	Executive Producer	Paul Lapointe Sally Bochner
	Producer	Jacques Ménard Germaine Ying Gee Wong Paul Lapointe
Editing	Editor	Louise Côté
Writing	Screenplay	Magnus Isacsson
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