The Promised Land (French: Les Brûlés) is a Canadian historical drama television miniseries by the National Film Board of Canada.
[1] The series was adapted from the Hervé Biron novel Nuages sur les brûlés concerning the 1930s settlement of Quebec's Abitibi district and the workers who toiled to develop the area during the Great Depression.
[2] Episodes included music and appearances by folk musician Félix Leclerc.
[3] The $144,000 production was also released as a 114-minute feature film in 1959 as a condensed version of the television footage.
The Promised Land adaptation was broadcast as half-hour episodes Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 16 September to 7 October 1962 on CBC Television.