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Being a teenager
It's not always easy to get teenagers to talk. Imagine the challenge faced by the team behind the documentary series “Being Ado,” which followed ten young people from different regions of Quebec… for five years! These young people talk in particular “about their dreams, their passions and their challenges”, from the first to the last year of school. The images revealed so far suggest an “unfiltered” series that gets close to the emotional, physical, social and identity upheavals of these teenagers from diverse backgrounds.
Thursdays, 8 p.m., starting January 11, on Télé-Québec
Dark side
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Karina Marceau hosts the documentary series Face Hidden on TV5.
Images and ideas often automatically appear when you read the name of a country. Clichés, often more or less conscious abbreviations. Journalist Karina Marceau travels the world from South Korea to Mexico to show a face far away from prejudice and preconceptions.
Fridays, 9 p.m., from January 12th, on TV5
Roxane Bruneau, in her own way
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Roxane Bruneau a few days before the release of her third album, in autumn 2023
Almost everyone knows Roxane Bruneau or one of her songs, as her musical career is flourishing: she is one of the few local artists able to perform at the Bell Center. However, we have no idea about her journey and the pitfalls laid in her path because we have seen her on TV. In her own way, Roxane Bruneau shares the dreams of the young daughter from Delson who previously worked at a Pizza Hut in Brossard and remembers how hard she worked to be noticed and heard.
January 21, 9 p.m., on TVA
The roots of hip-hop in Quebec
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Imposs (left) with Dramatik and J. Kyll completing the Muzion line-up. The photo is from 2014.
Very few documentary series deal with music from a historical perspective. Hence the interest that has aroused the series The Roots of Hip-Hop in Quebec, which, as the title suggests, goes back to the first traces of rap that emerged here. Imposs, from the Muzion group, multiplies meetings with artisans of different generations to paint a rich portrait of Quebec hip-hop in this series inspired by the book by Félix B. Desfossés.
On video.telequebec.tv, from February 1st
Coast Guard
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The Canadian Coast Guard
To be part of the Coast Guard you not only need sea legs, but also courage. The seas aren't always calm when these workers embark on a rescue mission or icebreaking mission offshore. The Coast Guard documentary demystifies a profession that is little known in major centers far from the St. Lawrence Estuary. The production promises to create an “unusual universe.”
Tuesdays, 10 p.m., from February 6th, in Canal D
Adonis
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We've heard a lot about the pressure placed on women to meet beauty standards that are often unrealistic and harmful to their health. However, this pressure is also increased for boys. In search of the perfect body, some indulge in bodybuilding and take anabolic steroids, a substance whose health risks include aggression and high blood pressure. In a podcast section linked to the documentary, men talk “unfiltered” about their worries and challenges.
February 21, 8 p.m., on Télé-Québec
The murder weapon
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Simon Coutu particularly wonders how weapons get to Quebec in The Murder Weapon.
Last fall, Fabrice Vil showed in a documentary the ease with which teenagers in Montreal were able to obtain a gun and recounted the fear some of them feel. Journalist Simon Coutu delves deeper into The Murder Weapon, a four-episode series based on years of work in which he speaks to young people, community workers and police officers, as well as families, victims of gun violence. He also explains how weapons end up in the hands of young people.
Saturdays, 8 p.m., from February 24th, on ICI TÉLÉ
Atiku, guardian of the territory
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Jean-Luc sofa.
Innu from Pessamit, a community about halfway between Forestville and Baie-Comeau, former hunter Jean-Luc Kanapé is now dedicated to preserving the caribou herds in his corner of the territory. Presented as an “ode to the beauty of nature”. [et] for transmission,” Atiku also raises a cry of alarm: the woodland caribou, a “fundamental” animal of the Innu, is in a critical situation in Quebec.
March 2nd, 10:30 p.m., at ICI TÉLÉ