Offscreen Notes
Arthur Lamothe (1928-2013)
Just heard that three days before Brault’s passing, Quebec (born in France) writer/director Arthur Lamothe also passed away on September 18, 2013, at the age of 84. Certainly a bad week for Quebec cinema. Lamothe’s debut film was the Bûcherons de la Manouane (1962). Although Lamothe had a stab at fiction films, most notably Poussière sur la ville (1965), he quickly settled into a productive career as a documentarist, making films with strong social messages and often dealing with First Nations peoples.
