The Rising Tide (film) explained

The Rising Tide
Director:Jean Palardy
Producer:James Beveridge
Narrator:John Drainie
Alan Maitland
Music:Robert Fleming
Cinematography:John Foster
Editing:Donald Peters
Jean Palardy
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada
Runtime:29:23 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

The Rising Tide is a 1949 Canadian short documentary film directed by Jean Palardy and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[1]

Produced with the cooperation of the governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island and the extension department of St. Francis Xavier University, the film shows the growth of cooperatives in the Maritime provinces, and how they gave new life and hope to poverty-stricken fishermen.

The main part of the story deals with the daily life of fishing folk (one-sixth of the Maritimes' population at the time), specifically a Francophone fisherman named Willie Leblanc, and shows how the establishment of the United Maritime Fisherman cooperative helped fishermen moved out of the hungry, hopeless years of the 1920s and on to better times.[2]

The Rising Tide, which was released in French as Maree montante, was awarded a special citation at the 2nd Canadian Film Awards in 1950.

At the 22nd Academy Awards, also in 1950, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.[3] [4]

The complete film is available for viewing online, care of the National Film Board of Canada.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Rising Tide . onf-nfb.gc.ca . National Film Board of Canada . 5 April 2023.
  2. Web site: The Rising Tide . coady.stfx.ca . St. Francis Xavier University Coady Institute . 5 April 2023.
  3. Web site: The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners . August 18, 2011. oscars.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093814/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd-winners.html. July 6, 2011 . live.
  4. Web site: NY Times: The Rising Tide . https://web.archive.org/web/20110618080445/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/147739/The-Rising-Tide/details . dead . June 18, 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . November 24, 2008.
  5. Web site: The Rising Tide . youtube.com . April 24, 2018 . YouTube . 5 April 2023.