The Champions Collection
A three-part (1978–1986) documentary on former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre-Elliott Trudeau, a staunch federalist, and former Quebec Premier René Lévesque, a committed separatist, tracing their parallel political careers from their family and educational backgrounds to their eventual fall from power.
Watch The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
The documentary series explores the early lives of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque, tracing their paths from university in the 1950s to 1967 when Lévesque left the Liberal Party and Trudeau became the federal Minister of Justice.
Watch The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
The second installment of the series about Pierre Trudeau and René Lévesque explores the decade from 1967 to 1977, marked by Trudeau's three federal election victories, the 1970 October Crisis, and the rapid ascent of the Parti Québécois to power.
