{"id":41677,"date":"2023-10-03T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/pour-la-suite-du-monde-for-those-who-will-follow\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:36:34","slug":"pour-la-suite-du-monde-for-those-who-will-follow","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/pour-la-suite-du-monde-for-those-who-will-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Pour la suite du monde (For Those Who Will Follow)"},"content":{"rendered":"
For centuries, the villagers of \u00cele aux Coudres, a small island in the St. Lawrence River, hunted beluga whales by creating a sort of \u201cfence\u201d of saplings in shallow, muddy waters, trapping the mammals in low tide as they swim by.<\/p>\n
In 1962, Michel Brault and a team of filmmakers travelled to the island to document the resumption of the practice decades after it had been abandoned, shedding light and wit on this \u201cresourceful\u201d tradition.<\/p>\n
A balance of grace, humour, and up-close observation, Pour la suite du monde<\/i> is known as a landmark achievement in documentary filmmaking and was screened at the Cannes film festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For centuries, the villagers of \u00cele aux Coudres, a small island in the St. Lawrence River, hunted beluga whales by creating a sort of \u201cfence\u201d of saplings in shallow, muddy… <\/p>\n