Deepa Mehta, In Profile
2012
6 min
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This short film is a tribute to award-winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta. A true cultural hybrid, Mehta has been described as a “transnational” artist, able to tell universally meaningful stories from a uniquely Canadian point of view. In a career spanning over 30 years she has consistently broken new ground, tackling such controversial issues as intolerance, cultural discrimination and domestic violence. As an Indian who grew up speaking English first in a British Colonial School and then learning Hindi, she finds her passion and her stories in India, and the freedom to choose how to tell those stories in …
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This short film is a tribute to award-winning director and screenwriter Deepa Mehta. A true cultural hybrid, Mehta has been described as a “transnational” artist, able to tell universally meaningful stories from a uniquely Canadian point of view. In a career spanning over 30 years she has consistently broken new ground, tackling such controversial issues as intolerance, cultural discrimination and domestic violence. As an Indian who grew up speaking English first in a British Colonial School and then learning Hindi, she finds her passion and her stories in India, and the freedom to choose how to tell those stories in Canada.
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2012 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
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lauréatDeepa Mehta
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écritureNettie Wild
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réalisateurNettie Wild
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producteurYves J. Ma
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directeur de la photographieJohn Price
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monteurMichael Brockington
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musique originaleRupinder Sidhu
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conception sonoreRupinder Sidhu
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conception sonore additionnelleMichael Brockington
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NoneRupinder SidhuMohamed AssaniBill SheppardFinale Editworks
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preneur de sonMike Filippov
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2e opérateur de prises de vueJustin Lovell
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assistant de productionChris NiesingRobert Sharpe
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auditorium - mixage sonoreDBC Sound Inc.
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mixeur du repiquageBill Sheppard
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technicien - mixagePeter Eliuk
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colorationLorne Wright
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coordonnateur de productionTeri Snelgrove
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coordonnateur techniqueWes Machnikowski
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administrateur principal de projetRachel Punwassie
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superviseur de productionKathryn Lynch
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administrateur de programmeJanine Steele
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producteur exécutifTracey Friesen
Éducation
Âge 14 à 17 ans
Domaine des arts - Art dramatique
Domaine des arts - Arts plastiques
Médias - Production de films et de vidéos
Sciences humaines - Les communautés au Canada/Dans le monde
Les élèves étudient la culture et les valeurs de l'Inde et les comparent avec les nôtres. Montrer des extraits des films de Mehta et essayer d’en faire ressortir les contextes politiques. Les élèves font une recherche sur d'autres artistes qui ont rapproché des cultures, langues, genres ou médias divers. Leur faire explorer le Nâtya-shâstra en tant que technique dramatique.
