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Joyce Rock

© Joyce Rock
© Claude Lacasse
© Cinémathèque québécoise

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Filmography

  • Une histoire de femmes Visionnement gratuit du film

    • Documentaire
    • 73 min
    • français
    • 1980

    co-directed with: Martin Duckworth

    La grève des travailleurs des mines de nickel de la multinationale INCO à Sudbury en 1978-79 est un jalon de l’histoire ouvrière au Canada. Les cinéastes ont choisi de suivre… Main theme: Femmes, Secondary theme(s): Histoire, Société.
    Prix : Prix de la Critique du meilleur long métrage (1980) – Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma
    En nomination pour un prix Génie: meilleur documentaire canadien (1980)

BIOGRAPHY

Joyce Rock first gained recognition by co-directing, with Sophie Bissonnette and Martin Duckworth, the politically engaged documentary A Wives’ Tale. This documentary won the 1980 Critics’ Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary from the Quebec Film Critics Association. It was also nominated for a Canadian Genie Award for Best Canadian Documentary.

Joyce Rock returned to Montreal in 2011 after working for 13 years in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), where she co-founded and directed the DTES Neighbourhood House from 2005 to 2011. She has placed the right to food at the heart of her work, using this fundamental human right as a lever for community development. In 2011, she received the 3M Health Leadership Award for her contributions to advancing the social determinants of health. She was also honored in 2013 as part of the Remarkable Women honoring the contribution of women to local food communities in Vancouver.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY
  • Documentaire
  • Long métrage
  • Film
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