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