Director, Stéphane Drolet ; producer, Jacques Vallée, Adam Symansky ; cinematography, François Beauchemin, Jean-Thomas Bédard, Dean Brousseau, Bruce Clayton, Paul Cowan, Zoe Dirse, Wes Doyle, Stéphane Drolet, Martin Duckworth, André-Luc Dupont, Louis Durocher, Ivan Gekoff, Louise Giguère, Germán Gutiérrez, René Sioui Labelle, Martin Leclerc, Stefan Nitoslawski, Nigel Markham, Cheryl Sim, Susan Trow, John Walker, Julie Warren, Richard Wilmot ; sound, André Boisvert, Hugo Brochu, Diane Carrière, Jeff Carter, Yann Cleary, Louis Desparois, André Dussault, Don Ellis, Simon Goulet, François Guérin, Nick Huard, Douglas H. Kayes, Craig Lapp, Don Paches, Shawn Reed, Alex Salter, Yves St-Jean, Alain Tremblay, Michael Zabitsky, Catherine Van Der Donckt ; editing, Babalou Hamelin ; sound editing, André Chaput ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Geoffrey Mitchell ; music, Anthony Rozankovic.

Recorded 1996.

October, 1995. The most important political event in recent Canadian history, the Quebec vote on sovereignty, is about to unfold. During the tense days leading up to the referendum for independence, 23 filmmakers from the NFB's English and French documentary studios take their cameras into the streets and homes of Quebeckers. Culled from 250 hours of footage, Referendum is an emotional portrait of a profoundly divided society. In a collage of powerful moments, the video recaptures the emotions of that time and measures them against today's political agenda. Implicit is the question: What next? With English and French subtitles.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Multiculturalism Award, 1997

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).