48 min
Quebec, 2019
Production : Picbois productions
Synopsis
Debouttes! is an audio documentary recounting an important and forgotten part of Québec’s history. In 1971, members of the Front de libération des femmes du Québec (FLF) carried out a bold action to denounce the sexist justice system and its Jury Act, which stipulated that only wealthy men could serve on juries in Quebec. Shouting “Discrimination!” and “Justice is bullshit!”, seven women stormed the jury bench during the trial of Paul Rose, becoming the first women to sit there, a gesture that would land them directly in prison… and lead to the amendment of the law.
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