Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation
Heritage Minutes: Acadian Deportation
Watch heritage minutes: acadian deportation HDToday. The Acadians are descendants of early French settlers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1604 and built a distinct culture and society over generations. Their peaceful existence was uprooted in 1755 when over 10,000 Acadians were ripped from their homeland to ensure British rule in North America. This Heritage Minute portrays the deportation through the eyes of an Acadian mother.
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- Country: Canada
- Director: Tess Girard
- Cast: Nancy Kenny, Fabien Melanson, Murlane Carew, Rebecca Ryan, Donovan Colan, Justine Colan, Sean Skerry, Antonine Maillet,
