John Walker grew up an Anglophone in Montreal in the years surrounding Quebecs Quiet Revolution He witnessed firsthand the upheaval that transformed the political and cultural landscape In those years more than 500000 Englishspeaking Quebecers left the province many of themincluding Walkerfinding their way to Toronto After decades as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker Walker decides to turn his lens on his own story and dig into the heart of the social revolution that shaped his identity His immediate and extended family express their conflicted feelings about their place in modern Quebec Others from a police officer who diffused FLQ bombs to director Denys Arcand contemplate the issues that drive Quebecs desire for sovereignty A provinces past is informed by personal reflection and Walkers perspective that my grandmothers taught me that history is a path to understanding and myths and halftruths must be challenged Summary by Alexander Rogalski
