L’Appel de Roussel (Roussel’s Calling)

Photo: Gilles Doiron
Photo: New Brunswick provincial archives

Short documentary, 20 min
Production: Ronald Rubin
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Release: 2026

With : Bill McIntyre, John Leroux, Suzanne Roussel
Narrated by – Janice Daigle
Director, Editor, Sceenwriter – Francine Hébert
Images – Gilles Doiron
Sound – Patrick Martin
Additional images – Francine Hébert, Alec Victor
Additional sound – Francine Hébert
Research – Ronald Rudin, Francine Hébert
Original Soundtrack – Isabelle Cyr, Yves Marchand
Sound Editing  – Dennis Morton
Post-production – Alex Cormier
Sceenwriting advisor – Sonya Malaborza
Production – Ronald Rudin
Financial services offered by Concordia University

June 1959. Shortly after the Escuminac disaster of New Brunswick, Claude Roussel hears a calling greater than himself and is overcome by feelings of compassion, solidarity and goodwill. Suddenly, a vision is born: a monument to the fishermen lost to the stormy sea.