Invisible Nation still topping bestseller list four weeks on

Out on DVD since June 17, The Invisible Nation continues to be one of Archambault’s top ten bestsellers. The film is also carried by Renaud-Bray, HMV, Boîte noire, Superclub Vidéotron and many other video clubs.

After Forest Alert/L’erreur boréale, directors Desjardins and Monderie are back with a searing new documentary that aims to shake viewers out of their complacency. The Invisible Nation, a hard-hitting history lesson and an alarming present-day portrait of the Algonquin people, gives a voice to those who are too rarely heard.

Eagerly anticipated by the general public, the media and First Nations communities, The Invisible Nation was received with thunderous applause when it premiered at the 2007 Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. It was then released in some 15 cinemas across Quebec and screened at over 25 film clubs. Distributed solely in digital format, the film has taken in over $115,000 to date. After its first week of theatrical release, it ranked as one of Quebec’s top 20 films in terms of box office performance.

The DVD release has been a similar success.

"A fascinating documentary exposing a truth we’d rather not know." - Marc-André Lussier, La Presse
"Shocking but essential." - Michel Defoy, Voir
"The images speak and the words punch [...] a very moving film." - Brigitte McCann, Le Journal de Montréal

The Invisible Nation is available on DVD at the NFB’s online store nfb.ca/boutique as well as at many other points of sale.