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Le moulin à paroles
Sophie Guérin
Dans un petit village, deux hommes qui ne semblent rien avoir en commun nous parlent de leur vie et des expériences du passé.
Une histoire de femmes
Sophie Bissonnette
Joyce Rock
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 ce conflit d’une durée de 9 mois du point de vue des femmes des grévistes qui s’organisent en comité d’appui à la grève. Tourné au cœur des familles ouvrières, le film documente au quotidien l’implication des femmes dans la grève : les activités pour soutenir les familles, les lignes de piquetage, les prises de conscience et les débats parfois houleux avec le syndicat ou leurs maris. Ensemble, les femmes de Sudbury découvrent l’emprise de la compagnie sur leur vie personnelle et sur la vie collective, remettant en question leur rôle domestique traditionnel et découvrant leur propre pouvoir.
Shiners: The Art of the Shoe Shine
Stacey Tenenbaum
Shiners delves into the lives of shoe shiners around the world giving you an insider’s view of this often overlooked profession. The film is a character-driven documentary that will introduce you to the people who do this job and allow you to see the world through their eyes. You’ll discover that shoe shiners universally take pride in their work, yet they are ignored and, in some countries, even maligned. This film challenges viewers to question why that is. From class relations, to issues of child labour, and homelessness, to the importance of job satisfaction in our lives, Shiners touches on topics which are of concern to us all. People around the world have turned to shoe shining to provide for themselves and their families. These are their stories. Enter their universe. You’ll never look at a shoe shiner the same way again.
Partition pour voix de femmes
Sophie Bissonnette
Between March and October 2000, millions of people around the world took to the streets to denounce poverty and violence against women. The historic World March of Women was a bold initiative of the Québec Federation of Women and represented a turning point in global solidarity. Director Sophie Bissonnette invited five filmmakers from around the world to cover the march. She also asked each one to film an innovative project. In Senegal a community battles female genital mutilation through education. In Australia a women’s circus teaches survivors of sexual assault to become skilled performers. In India a group of low-caste women mediate domestic disputes in informal women’s courts. Native women in Ecuador offer leadership training programs to create women leaders. In the United States, Linda Carney describes why she founded Survival Inc. for poor women in Boston: this wealthy city refused her and her son welfare benefits unless she quit her minimum-wage job. Set against the backdrop of a song, A Score for Women’s Voices ends at the UN, where women deliver 5 million cards signed during the marches. Their goal? To…
’49 – un souffle de colère
Sophie Bissonnette
Les mineurs d’amiante des régions d’Asbestos et de Thetford Mines, ainsi que leur famille, racontent en leurs mots l’histoire de la grève de 1949. Durement réprimée par le gouvernement Duplessis et sa police provinciale au service du capital américain, la grève de l’amiante a alors mobilisé le Québec tout entier et est considérée comme un point tournant de l’histoire du Québec. Par l’authenticité des personnages et les images d’archives percutantes, le film témoigne autant de l’élan de dignité des travailleurs que du prix à payer alors que la police intervient très violemment et procède à des centaines d’arrestations. Des drames qui ont profondément marqué les individus et déchiré les communautés dans ces années de « la grande noirceur » au Québec.
L’amour… À quel prix?
Sophie Bissonnette
Un bilan troublant des rapports amoureux et économiques entre les hommes et les femmes à la fin des années 1980 alors que le contrat social entre les sexes a éclaté. Des femmes chefs de famille racontent le réveil brutal qui suit le départ du prince charmant et les difficultés auxquelles elles sont confrontées pour acquérir leur autonomie économique et sortir de la pauvreté par le biais du marché du travail ou de l’aide sociale. Alors qu’on assiste à une féminisation de la pauvreté, le film démontre comment la dépendance économique et affective des femmes à l’intérieur du mariage et de la famille les mène à la pauvreté, mais révèle aussi à quel point cette dépendance est inscrite au cœur même des structures sociales et économiques, et comment la culture dominante y contribue.
Le corps dans tous ses états
Sophie Bissonnette
Six brief documentaries on the theme of the body, sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic, but all surprising, which address beauty, difference, exclusion, transformations related to age or life changes, and which question: how to live his body and accept himself? Six short films created as part of a community art project initiated by filmmaker Sophie Bissonnette in collaboration with the Women’s Y of Montreal, with the participation of six women aged 50 and over who wrote an account of life and collaborated in the creation of works on the theme of the body, entitled: The sacred body Letter to my eyes Sketch of a free body Changes over the years The little girl and the tree Carmel’s Secret These short documentaries on the theme of the body, sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic, but all surprising, address beauty, difference, exclusion, transformations related to age or life changes, and question: How to live in one’s body and accept yourself? Created from the stories of Marilyn Beaucage, Carmel Eveline Cornet, Ginette Goulet, Élise Laforest, Meggie Madore and Salwa Tidjani.
Revisit, Fiction
Shannon Walsh
An experimental fiction film in which a photographer is revisited by his former subjects.
The Space in Between
Shannon Walsh
The Space in Between is a story about a woman who finds out that the man she has been secretly in love with for years is marrying someone else. This leads to a series of encounters in which her daily life becomes imbued with a dark eroticism, culminating in a nihilistic affair with a stranger. Montreal, Quebec.
Inkani
Shannon Walsh
Built from new and archival footage, Inkani traces the growing resistance of poor communities over the last seven years in Durban, including the violent evictions in Bayview, the Ten Rand march, the Marcel King shooting and the Abahlali base Mjondolo marches and victories. A new movement has emerged. (with Heinrich Bohmke).
Fire & Hope
Shannon Walsh
Fire & Hope follows the lives of a number of township youth who are using hip-hop and youth culture as part of their strategy to fight HIV. Cape Town, South Africa.
Sayeh
Shannon Walsh
An experimental documentary following Shahram Goldchin’s encounter with Mehran Nasseri, the Iranian refugee who has been living in the Charles-de-Gaulle airport for the last 11 years.