Editing Alexandre Trudeau (section)

==Work==
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In the years following his father's death, Trudeau produced documentaries for Canadian television. In 2003, he was one of the highest-profile Canadian journalists covering the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], producing a documentary film for the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] program [[W5 (TV series)|W5]], ''[[Embedded In Baghdad]]''. His 2004 film, ''The Fence'', shot in Afula, Israel and Jenin of the Palestinian territories draws up a portrait of families on either side of the Israeli-built security barrier around the West bank.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/alexandre-trudeaus-the-fence-airs-saturday-september-18-on-ctv| title=Alexandre Trudeau's The Fence airs Saturday, September 18th on CTV| date=September 3, 2004| publisher=BCE| access-date=5 April 2016| archive-date=18 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418210341/http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/alexandre-trudeaus-the-fence-airs-saturday-september-18-on-ctv| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2005, Trudeau focused attention on what he said were the implications for [[civil liberties]] in the Canadian government's use of [[security certificate]]s to detain indefinitely, without trial, suspected terrorists based on secret evidence. Trudeau offered to be a [[surety]] for [[Hassan Almrei]], a [[Syria]]n refugee held in a Canadian jail for four years without any charges being laid.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1120168212380 Hassan Almrei profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927001715/http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1120168212380 |date=September 27, 2011}}, ''Toronto Star''; accessed November 21, 2015.</ref> His appearance in court in support of Almrei resulted in front-page coverage in the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' and ''[[National Post]]'' and major media attention being given to the security certificate issue for the first time. Trudeau's efforts were chronicled in his documentary ''Secure Freedom''. Almrei was ordered released under house arrest by a Federal Court judge on January 2, 2009. On December 14, 2009, Almrei was released.

Known for his staunchly anti-imperialist views, Trudeau attracted controversy in August 2006 for an article he penned praising [[Fidel Castro]]'s Cuba.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1155420635589 Profile], ''Toronto Star''; accessed November 21, 2015. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215114329/http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FLayout%2FArticle_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1155420635589 |date=December 15, 2007 }}</ref> Trudeau's documentary ''Refuge'', produced in 2008, tells the story of the humanitarian crisis facing Africa's [[Darfur]] region and eastern [[Chad]].<ref>{{cite news  |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20080823/282394100240738 |title=Teen apprentice brings balance to Sacha Trudeau's film |first=Jeff |last=Heinrich |date=August 23, 2008 |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |access-date=April 5, 2016 }}</ref> In 2012, he produced the film ''The New Great Game'', for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] about the maritime [[geopolitics]] of the Middle-East and Western Indian Ocean.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2291351676| title=The New Great Game| date=October 12, 2012| work=CBC News| access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, Trudeau published his first book with Harper Collins, ''Barbarian Lost, Travels in the New China'', a number one Canadian best-seller. The book is a travel mémoire with an undercurrent of philosophical and historical reflection. It paints a personal and nuanced portrait of an ancient country in the throes of massive change. About the book, Trudeau is quoted as saying: "My whole professional career has had a focus on geopolitics, and in this age, you cannot understand the world without understanding the massive role that China has grown to play."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Proudfoot |first1=Shannon |title=Being Sacha Trudeau |url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/being-sacha-trudeau/ |access-date=April 8, 2019 |work=[[Maclean's]] |date=September 8, 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, Trudeau presented his first scripted work, the short film ''Wiisgaapte'' (Bitter Smoke).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-06|title=Alexandre Trudeau réalise sa première fiction|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2019-05-06/alexandre-trudeau-realise-sa-premiere-fiction|access-date=2021-04-20|website=La Presse|language=fr |last1=Bourdeau |first1=Réjean }}</ref> A product of a collaboration with Dr Shirley Williams, an [[Ojibwe language]] specialist, the film’s dialogue is entirely in old [[Ojibwe]] dialect and tells the story of the windigo legend of [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] lore.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-08|title=Alexandre Trudeau talks about reconciliation, identity and his new movie|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/05/08/alexandre-trudeau-talks-about-reconciliation-identity-and-his-new-movie.html|access-date=2021-04-20|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref>