Fact Sheet

Little Burgundy (1969)

• Title: Little Burgundy
• Year: 1969
• Directors: Bonnie Sherr Klein and Maurice Bulbulian
• Production: National Film Board of Canada

Essential Facts

• Urban Renewal Project: The project rises issues that causes a rift and havoc in the lives of the residents living the area.
• Housing: The urban project was initiated to modernize the city as it lacked most luxury or other amenities that urban cities have in exchange of the residential homes and memories.
• Government involvement: This plan assisted by government officials led to demolitions of the local residential complexes.
• Displacement: The residents of Little Burgundy faced struggles and frustration as they were being displaced without proper and fair allocation.

The Citizens Committee Role

• Affordability: the urban project meant building high end and business-oriented infrastructures resulting in the attraction of high-income families and businesses.
• Relevance: Fight against rules and ideas that does not involve the residents.
• Societal and economic impact: Help to restore the residents established social relationships and businesses.
• Historical impact: Little Burgundy has historical and cultural value that were restored amid the process of the urban renewal project.
• Opinion: the city people have opinion in the matter regardless of the time they lived in a certain place.
• Defined objectives and ideas for in favour of the residents and local people.