The Mighty River (Le fleuve aux grandes eaux) (1993)

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"DIR: Frederic Back SUMMARY: An animated history of the North American St. Lawrence River which connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. WHY IT'S HERE: With 'Crac!' and 'The Man Who Planted Trees', Frederic Back had already established himself as one of the greatest animators of all time and won two Oscars in the process. 'The Mighty River' saw him nominated for a third. The activist filmmaker, whose 'The Man Who Planted Trees' had led to the planting of millions of trees, continued "