The Promised Land (miniseries)

The Promised Land (French: Les Brûlés) is a Canadian historical drama television miniseries by the National Film Board of Canada. It was first broadcast in 1957 on Radio-Canada, then dubbed into English and adapted for broadcast by CBC Television as a four-part series in 1962. The NFB now classifies it as a feature film.^[1]

The Promised Land
Also known as	Les Brûlés
Genre	historical drama
Written by	Bernard Devlin
Directed by	Bernard Devlin
Composer	Félix Leclerc
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (French version) 4 (English version)
Production
Producers	Victor Jobin Léonard Forest Guy Glover
Editors	Raymond Le Boursier David Mayerovitch
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network	Radio-Canada CBC Television
Release	15 November 1957 (1957-11-15)

Premise

The series was adapted from the Hervé Biron novel Nuages sur les brûlés concerning the 1930s settlement of Quebec's Abitibi district and the workers who toiled to develop the area during the Great Depression.^[2] Episodes included music and appearances by folk musician Félix Leclerc. It was broadcast on Radio-Canada as an eight-part series for the network's Panoramique anthology.^[3]

The $144,000 production was also released as a 114-minute feature film in 1959 as a condensed version of the television footage.^[4][5]

Scheduling

Les brûlés was first broadcast on Radio-Canada on Fridays at 9 p.m. starting 15 November 1957. The Promised Land adaptation was broadcast as half-hour episodes Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 16 September to 7 October 1962 on CBC Television.

References

1. "The Promised Land". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
2. "(photo)". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 15 September 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
3. "Today's TV previews". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. 15 November 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
4. "Les brûlés" (in French). Télé-Québec. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
5. Dorland, Michael (1998). So Close to the State/s: The Emergence of Canadian Feature Film Policy. University of Toronto Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8020-8043-1. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

External links

• The Promised Land at IMDb
• The Promised Land at the National Film Board of Canada
• Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Promised Land". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.