Return to the Brouck : The Fenland, 40 years On / by Colette Piault.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Piault, Colette, director.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Farmers--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Farmers.

Farm life--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais).

Farm life.

Country life--France--Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais).

Country life.

Manners and customs.

Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2011.

Language Note:

In French with English subtitles.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Forty years after the production of The Fenland (Le Brouck) comes a follow up about the Audomarois Fenland. Set in the natural environment of northern France, criss-crossed with water ways, market gardening as well as breeding remain the only productive activities. Nevertheless, the number of fenlanders has seriously diminished from 200 farms in the 1970 to 40 in 2010. Other elements are now intervening such as ecology, preservation and development like the Natural Regional Park and the Romelaere Natural Reserve, or leisure activities like waterfowl hunting, fishing and tourism. Through images and words Return to the Brouck expresses this new reality, confronting the actors of the past - young fenlanders of the 70s - with the present. Juxtaposing the images of the past with those of 2010. The core of the film still remains, as in the 70s, the vivid problem of the present and the future of the Audomarois Fenland and its inhabitants.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).

OCLC:

954043093