Silence Is Gold
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FrenchLe Prix des mots
Directed byJulien Fréchette
Written byJulien Fréchette
Produced byJean Simon Chartier
Colette Loumède
Colette Loumède
| Silence Is Gold | |
|---|---|
| French | Le Prix des mots |
| Directed by | Julien Fréchette |
| Written by | Julien Fréchette |
| Produced by | Jean Simon Chartier Colette Loumède |
| Starring | Alain Deneault |
| Cinematography | Étienne Boilard |
| Edited by | Andrea Henriquez |
| Music by | Zoé Dumais Dany Nicolas |
Production companies | MC2 Communication National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributed by | TV5 Québec Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Silence Is Gold (French: Le Prix des mots) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Julien Fréchette and released in 2012.[1] The film profiles writer Alain Deneault, who had to battle a SLAPP suit after the publication of his 2008 book Noir Canada: Pillage, corruption et criminalité en Afrique, about the activities of Canadian mining companies in Africa.[2]
The film premiered at the 2012 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[1] before going into wider release in February 2013.[3]
