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URL:https://devourfest.com/program/devour-opening-gala-film-zachary-richar
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SUMMARY:Devour! Opening Gala Film: Zachary Richard\, Cajun Heart
DESCRIPTION:Zachary Richard\, Cajun Heart (Zachary Richard toujours bataill
 eur)\n\nWorld-renowned singer Zachary Richard is on a quest to understand 
 why Acadians and Cajuns are such resilient people and the pertinence of th
 e Acadian identity today. He traces the journey of his heritage in the Aca
 dian areas of the Maritime provinces of Canada to discover the trials and 
 tribulations of his ancestors\, the Richard and Boudreaux families. Zachar
 y then returns to Louisiana to explore what has been kept in the culture f
 rom this Acadian heritage on the 250th anniversary of their arrival here. 
 Will he be capable of coming to terms with his past\, to forgive\, and loo
 k towards the future?\n\nCanada\, 2017\, 80 minutes\nDirector: Phil Comeau
 \nDistributor: Bellefeuille Production\n\nOn this special evening\, we wil
 l also screen and award the youth winner of the Nourish Nova Scotia Food &
 amp\; Film Challenge\, where we invited children and youth of all ages to 
 make a short film about Food on the Coast. The winner will receive a $500.
 00 prize from Nourish Nova Scotia to support a healthy eating program or i
 nitiative in their school/community and $500.00 in equipment from CBC. \n
 \nTicket Price: $25.00\nSponsored by Office of Acadian Affairs and Francop
 honie\, CBC Atlantic\, Telefilm Canada\n\nWe will be joined by director Ph
 il Comeau in conversation with Natalie Robichaud\, the executive the direc
 tor of la Société acadienne de Clare\, following the film.\n\nPhil Comea
 u\n\nDirector-writer Phil Comeau is originally from Clare Municipality\, N
 .S.\, and now lives in Moncton and Montreal. He has directed more than a h
 undred documentary and drama films which have won more than 665 awards aro
 und the world. An essential figure in Acadian cinema\, Phil is one of the 
 great witnesses of contemporary Acadie. Questioning history\, culture and 
 identity\, his work constitutes a remarkable fresco tracing the exile\, re
 sistance and emancipation of the Acadians.\n\nNatalie Robichaud\n\nBorn an
 d raised in the Municipality of Clare in southwest Nova Scotia\, Natalie R
 obichaud is presently the Executive Director of la Société acadienne de 
 Clare and devotes much of her time to community and cultural development. 
 She is an avid square-set dancer and caller and spends a lot of time doing
  research about Acadian culture and history. She has been a board member o
 f la Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse for over 10 
 years and is currently the vice-president of the congrès mondial acadien 
 2024. @grassruth 
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