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Action: The October Crisis of 1970
- (Booklet, Restored, Subtitled, Sign Language)
- Format: Blu-ray
- Rated NR
- Release Date: 6/24/2025

Action: The October Crisis of 1970
- (Booklet, Restored, Subtitled, Sign Language)
- Format: Blu-ray
- Rated NR
- Release Date: 6/24/2025
- UPC: 810161482658
- Item #: 2720172X
- Rated: NR
- Genre: Documentary
- Release Date: 6/24/2025
- Subtitles: ENG
- Original Language: ENG
- Original Year: 1973
- Run Time: 87 minutes
- Distributor/Studio: Canadian Int'l Pics

Product Notes
A gripping account of the crisis that shocked Canada, In October 1970, the long-brewing tension between French and English Canada explodes onto the world stage after a group of Québécois nationalists violently kidnap two prominent political figures, holding them ransom and issuing a now-famous manifesto. With a nation on the brink, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau responds by invoking the controversial War Measure Act, suspending civil liberties in Québec, jailing hundreds without trial, and unleashing the Canadian Armed Forces on the streets of Montréal. As tensions mount, local and federal leaders are forced to reckon in real time with shocking acts of political violence and unprecedented abuses of government power. A masterclass in urgent historical filmmaking by National Film Board veteran Robin Spry (One Man), ACTION: THE OCTOBER CRISIS OF 1970 is a bracing portrait, expertly synthesizing a dizzying, watershed moment through archival material, news reports, and first-hand, on-the-ground footage. In league with the great political documentaries of the '60s and '70s - and complemented here by it's companion film, REACTION: A PORTRAIT OF SOCIETY IN CRISIS - ACTION remains a riveting account of the upheaval that shook Canada to it's very core.
Credits
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CreditsRene Levesque
Robin Spry