Watch Let the Daylight into the Swamp

In this experimental short, filmmaker Jeffrey St. Jules reconstructs the story of his grandparents and their rugged frontier existence in the logging towns of Northern Ontario. A blend of fiction and documentary, the film stitches together a fractured family history that is filled with both the joie de vivre and hardships reflective of Franco-Ontarian life.

Let the Daylight into the Swamp is a 2012 drama with a runtime of 36 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 8.5.