Expulsion The Story of Acadia

On the eve of a war that will engulf the world the British government agrees with a plan to extinguish a people In 1755 English colonial officials forcibly expel close to 10000 Frenchspeaking Acadians from their lands in Nova Scotia lands that have been in Acadian hands for almost 150 years What follows is the epic story of a group of people played as pawns in a struggle between two empires It is a saga of death and dislocation that reverberates to this day an event unparalleled in the history of the colonizing on North America Drawing from the highly acclaimed series Canada A Peoples History this onehour documentary examines the events leading up to the brutal expulsion Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with Acadian descendants it brings to life a human tragedy one that changed the course of history and established a legacy and culture that lives on to this day