East End Kids () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carole Laganière and released in 2004.Steve Proulx, "Vues de l’Est, Michael Jackson: coupable ou non coupable?, Ces enfants qui dérangent, L’Héritière de Grande Ourse et Perdus". Voir, March 10, 2005. The film profiles a group of children from the underprivileged Hochelaga-Maisonneuve area of Montreal, where Laganière herself was born, and features Laganière conversing with them about their hopes and dreams for the future.André Lavoie, "Petites fleurs de macadam". Le Devoir, May 14, 2004.
The participating children were Valérie Allard, Jean-Rock Beauregard, Maxime Desjardins, Vanessa Dumont, Samantha Goyer, Maxime Proulx-Roy and Marianne Racine.
It was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 7th Jutra Awards in 2005."Cinémascope leads Jutras with nine". Playback, January 31, 2005.
East End Forever (L'Est pour toujours), a sequel film in which Laganière revisited the children in their teenage years, was released in 2011.Martin Gignac, "Vues de l'Est: une adolescence plus tard". Métro, May 12, 2011. Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay became an actor, with credits including the films Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur), Coteau rouge, 10½ and Flashwood.Sonia Sarfati, "Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay: d'un ring à l'autre". La Presse, October 20, 2007.
Following Laganière's death in 2023, the film received a special tribute screening at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
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