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A poster for the documentary “La veillée des veillées”

At the top of the poster is the title of the documentary in cursive letters and the subtitle: “Si l’Acadie, la Bretagne, l’Irlande, la Louisiane et le Québec m’étaient contés...” (“If I were told the stories of Acadie, Brittany, Ireland, Louisiana and Québec…”) At the bottom of the poster, a black and white illustration of a seated fiddler has been reproduced five times. The fifth copy has a rainbow over it. The background of the image is a gradient from white to grey.

Unknown, 1976.
Cinémathèque québécoise.

This documentary is about the last of the Veillées d’automne, a folk music festival held in Montréal from 1973 to 1975. The title of the film is La veillée des veillées, and it is subtitled: Si l’Acadie, la Bretagne, l’Irlande, la Louisiane et le Québec m’étaient contés… (If I were told the stories of Acadie, Brittany, Ireland, Louisiana and Québec). The documentary was directed by filmmaker Bernard Gosselin and produced by the National Film Board.