On the eve of a war that will engulf the world, the British government agree with a plan to extinguish a people. In 1755, English colonial officials forcibly expel close to 10,000 French speaking Acadians from their lands in Nova Scotia, lands that have been in Acadian hands for almost 150 years. What follows is the epic story of a group of people played as pawns in a struggle between two empires. It is a saga of death and dislocation that reverberates to this day – an event unparalleled in the history of the colonization of North America. Drawing from the series Canada: A People’s History, this documentary examines the events leading up to the brutal expulsion. Through dramatic re-enactments and interviews with Acadian descendants it brings to life a human tragedy, one that changed the course of history and established a legacy and culture that lives on to this day.
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