There is an extensive range of documentaries on our channels. Sensitive portraits of beloved personalities, exciting investigations and insights to better understand ourselves and our society. Here is the menu for the next few weeks to help people be better prepared.
Personalities
Gaétan Girouard: Shockwave
Investigative journalist Gaétan Girouard ended his life 25 years ago. As a reference and live professional, he also led major projects for JE in which he animated
Jocelyne Cazin. He was only 33 years old. Jean-Philippe Dion wondered why, even though everything seemed to be going well, he decided to take his own life. The documentary reflects the man he was through numerous testimonies from family members and is a reflection on the mental health of men who often suffer in silence.
►Available on VAT+
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Louise Richer, true to humor
A very nice portrait of a pioneer who helped make Quebec a center of humor. Present since the beginning of the Lundis of Ha! Ha!, she founded the National School of Humor 35 years ago, which she still runs. Several artists, including Claude Meunier, Guy A Lepage, Martin Matte and Phil Roy, bear witness to his colossal contribution to our culture.
►Available on Tou.tv
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Patsy Gallant: straight ahead
The energetic singer who gave disco its heyday talks to André Robitaille. The now 75-year-old lady made her singing debut at the age of 5 in her native Acadia. She generously shares the ups and downs of her career and life.
►Available on Tou.tv
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Roxane Bruneau: in her own way
From the girl who worked in a pizzeria while strumming her guitar on the Internet to the woman who fills the Bell Center with fans and wins Félix awards, the singer-songwriter has had such a rise or career not calculated. His authenticity makes him successful, as this documentary proves.
►January 21, 9 p.m. on TVA
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Janette Bertrand, shortly before her hundredth year of life
Even at the age of 98, Janette Bertrand remains closely linked to the emancipation of women as well as the further development of our society and our cosmopolitanism. She broke taboos and enlightened us through her fictional writings and her discussions on the various shows she hosted. Get to know the woman with many problems.
►Available on Tou.tv
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Investigations
The Arsonist Voyeur
Here we are transported back to the 80s, when an arsonist attacked young women in Quebec. He left his mark by setting his victims' beds and underwear on fire. He is also suspected of murdering a young actress. This series documents this manhunt.
►From February 16th at 8 p.m. on Moi&cie
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82 days: the Charles Marion affair
This documentary series chronicles the country's longest-running kidnapping and extortion case. A credit union manager remained locked up for 82 days while his captors demanded $1 million for his release. Flaws in the investigation and system led to a tragic outcome.
►Friday 9 p.m. on Moi&cie
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Missing twins
Imagine thinking you are carrying twins and only having one child at birth. This is the shocking story of two mothers whose lives were turned upside down after the birth of a child in the 1970s. We investigate the facts and question obstetric violence.
►Friday 9 p.m. in Canal D
The murder weapon
More and more young people are walking around armed. In this series, Simon Coutu examines the proliferation of weapons and their ease of access. It is possible to obtain an illegal weapon within 48 hours. Its scary. A detailed observation in 4 episodes.
►Available on Tou.tv extra
►From February 24th at 8 p.m. on ICI Télé
Pursue
At a cinema near you
Karine Vanasse takes us behind the scenes of the films that will be offered to us in 2024. She conducts interviews with actors, actresses and directors of all generations. From the young Marguerite Laurence, 10 years old, star of Mlle Bottine, to the honorable Alanis Obomsawin, NFB veteran at 91 years old. Our cinema has a lot to offer us this year.
►Available on HERE Tou.tv
Being a teenager
Four times a year for five years, a team accompanied ten young people from different parts of Quebec. Through her eyes, we experience what it's like to be a teenager transitioning to high school. They are given the floor without judgment so that they can express themselves freely about what they experience and what they want.
►Thursday 8 p.m. on Télé-Québec
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Dark side
Karina Marceau aims to deconstruct myths with this series that takes her from South Korea to Mexico, from Israel to Indonesia. By reaching out to the population, she wants to destroy the preconceived notions that still exist.
►Friday 9 p.m. on TV5
Voices in my head
Karina Marceau studies how indigenous peoples in the Far North perceive mental illness. By following psychiatrist Marie-Ève Cotton, who practices regularly in Nunavik, she seeks to understand how she is treated in difficult life circumstances and community-specific cultural beliefs.
►Saturday, January 20, 10:30 p.m. on ICI Télé
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The clown is sad
It's paradoxical, but many comedians are affected by mental disorders. Making people laugh creates pressure and performance anxiety. Not to mention that there's a big gap between the ovations on stage and the loneliness of a hotel room on tour. Jean-François Mercier, Mario Jean, Coco Belliveau, Simon Gouache and others invite us into their heads. While Quebec thrives on humor, how do our comedians take care of themselves? Does it help them to bring out their vulnerability on stage, as well as the good they do for us?
►January 24, 7 p.m. on Canal Vie and Crave
►January 28th, 8 p.m. on Noovo
The big resignation
Isabelle Maréchal sets out to meet Quebecers who have decided to do things differently, far from the dictates of consumer society; a change that does not focus on work and productivity.
►January 24, 8 p.m. on Télé-Québec
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Raw inner happiness
Hugo Latulippe takes us on his personal quest as he questions what makes sense now and searches for balance. To help him, he meets people all over the world who preach happiness.
►From January 30th, 8 p.m. on TV5