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A scattering of seeds. Acadian Spirit [videorecording (DVD)] : the legacy of Philippe d'Entremont.

McNabb & Connolly, [1998-2001]

DVD 929.209716 A168 Doc

d'Entremont family.

d'Entremont, Philippe.

Acadians -- Nova Scotia -- Pubnico.

Acadians -- Nova Scotia -- Social life and customs.

Acadians -- Nova Scotia. -- History. -- Expulsion, 1755.

Pubnico (N.S.) -- History.

Pubnico (N.S.) -- Genealogy.

Scattering of seeds ; 6.

Alternate title:

Acadian Spirit [videorecording (DVD)] : the legacy of Philippe d'Entremont

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (30 min.) : digital sd., col. with b&w segments ; 12 cm.

Produced by White Pine Pictures in association with History Television ; Producers, Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Maria Pimentel ; Director, Peter d'Entremont ; Co-director, Lindalee Tracey.

"Acadian filmmaker Peter d'Entremont embarks on a personal journey to Pubnico, Nova Scotia, in search of his family's beginnings. Untangling the history of ten generations, d'Entremont explores the legacy of his illustrious forbear, the Baron Philippe Muise d'Entremont. Philippe d'Entremont was one of the first French immigrants to settle in the New World. Lieutenant to the Governor, Charles de la Tour, d'Entremont was an educated man whose privilege couldn't protect him from the harsh conditions of Acadia. The history of the d'Entremonts is the history of Acadia. A hundred years after Philippe's arrival, his family would be one of the last to leave during the Acadian Expulsion of 1755, and one of the first to return twelve years later. Peter d'Entremont explores his family's ties to the Expulsion and to its mythologies. The Expulsion was an horrendous upheaval for Acadians. During the mass deportation of 1755, 10,000 Acadians were exiled for refusing to sign the oath of allegiance to the King of England. At Grand-Pré, d'Entremont visits the famous symbol of Acadian survival, the statue of Evangeline. She was the fictional character of Longfellow's epic American poem, set in Grande Pré. Peter discovers that Grand-Pré was founded by a d'Entremont, a daughter of the Baron, who spent his last years in Grand-Pré. It is in the final chapter of the film, at an Acadian festival featuring a parade, step-dancing and music, that the filmmaker recognizes the merging of the past and the present and the resounding victory of Acadian survival."--White Pine Pictures.

Historical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

White Pine Pictures.

History Channel (Television network)

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