Petits graveliers de Saint-Pierre by Laurent Giraudineau / 2024 / 52' (in French)
For almost a century, tens of thousands of young people from Brittany, Normandy and the Basque Country were sent to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to work on the gravel of the sailors' island. These stone fields where cod was dried were the scene of merciless exploitation. These children, nicknamed the "little gravelers", contributed to the prosperity of the French shipping industry, often at the cost of their health, their dignity and their childhood.
For almost a century, tens of thousands of young people from Brittany, Normandy and the Basque Country were sent to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon to work on the gravel of the sailors' island. These stone fields where cod was dried were the scene of merciless exploitation. These children, nicknamed the "little gravelers", contributed to the prosperity of the French shipping industry, often at the cost of their health, their dignity and their childhood.
