Historian makes documentary

 

A film premiere will take place in New Brunswick next week of a documentary made by one of Concordia’s senior historians.

Ronald Rudin, of the History Department, is the producer of the film, and Leo Aristimuno, who until this year was in Communications Studies, is the director.

Called Life After Ile Ste. Croix, it is described this way:

“During the summer of 2004, English-speaking residents of New Brunswick and Maine, Acadians and members of the Passamaquoddy First Nation joined together to mark the 400th anniversary of the first effort by the French to create a permanent settlement in North America.

“Each group had its own reasons for remembering what had happened on Ile Ste. Croix during the winter of 1604.

“The film tells the story of what they hoped to gain from participating in a commemorative event, and how they found the means of working together in spite of their difference.”

Rudin said, “We will be showing an almost-final version of the film to various conferences in Canada and the U.S. over the next few months.

“We hope to have the final version (to be ready by the end of the summer) broadcast in the fall or winter.”