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Recall: How to Start a Revolution

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The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making. This series will reveal the stories of that time through immersive storytelling and the people who lived it: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves.

History
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
40 minutes
Episodes
9
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Recall Introduces | Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

Recall Introduces | Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

In the wake of 9/11, anthrax-laced letters unleashed a new wave of terror across the nation. But who was behind the attacks — and why has America nearly forgotten this story?


As government buildings s…

00:38:07  |   Wed 02 Apr 2025
Episode 7: The War of Nerves

Episode 7: The War of Nerves

In response to the kidnappings of James Cross and Pierre Laporte, the federal government invokes the War Measures Act. And when the body of Pierre Laporte is discovered, popular sentiment turns again…
01:06:24  |   Mon 05 Oct 2020
Episode 6: Liberation

Episode 6: Liberation

With the kidnappings of James Cross and Pierre Laporte, the FLQ earns the headline attention it craves, and creates a national crisis in the process. For transcripts of this series, please visit: ht…
00:51:51  |   Mon 05 Oct 2020
Episode 5: The Bomber

Episode 5: The Bomber

Pierre-Paul Geoffroy and Bob Côté were at opposite ends of the busiest period of FLQ bombing activity. It began in May 1968 with a bomb at the 7-Up factory, and ended in February 1969 with the explo…
00:48:20  |   Mon 28 Sep 2020
Episode 4: The Whole Wide World

Episode 4: The Whole Wide World

The FLQ’s campaign for liberation did not spring from a vacuum: radical Québec separatists were inspired by and in turn inspired decolonization movements around the world, including the Black Panther…
00:41:11  |   Mon 21 Sep 2020
Episode 3: The Mastermind

Episode 3: The Mastermind

Pierre Vallieres taps into the anger and alienation felt by Francophone Quebecers by penning a book of essays that earns him comparisons to Malcolm X and Che Guevara. The revolutionary text inflames …
00:40:59  |   Mon 14 Sep 2020
Episode 2: The Stranger

Episode 2: The Stranger

The story of how a Hungarian born, Austro-German raised, ex-French Foreign Legionnaire became a radical Quebec separatist demonstrates the allure of the FLQ message in the political tinderbox that wa…
00:40:52  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
Episode 1: Suicide Commandos

Episode 1: Suicide Commandos

The 1960s began as a time of promise for Quebec, with the feeling that the province was throwing off the shackles of its parochial past. But despite plenty of reason for hope, the seeds were being so…
00:30:05  |   Tue 08 Sep 2020
Recall: How to Start a Revolution - Trailer

Recall: How to Start a Revolution - Trailer

Introducing Recall, a series about history that is still hot to the touch. The first season, How to Start a Revolution, explores the story of a groundbreaking political movement that rocked Canada in…
00:02:40  |   Mon 24 Aug 2020
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