Reema, There and Back
- Paul Émile d'Entremont,
- 2006,
- 52 min
Filmmaker Paul Émile d'Entremont's documentary presents Reema, a lively and sensitive young girl confronted with difficult questions about her identity. After spending the first 16 years of her life with her Canadian mother, Reema re-connects with her Iraqi father by spending 2 months with him in Jordan. On returning home to Nova Scotia, she realizes she will always have a double identity, and that it is both a burden and a treasure.
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Filmmaker Paul Émile d'Entremont's documentary presents Reema, a lively and sensitive young girl confronted with difficult questions about her identity. After spending the first 16 years of her life with her Canadian mother, Reema re-connects with her Iraqi father by spending 2 months with him in Jordan. On returning home to Nova Scotia, she realizes she will always have a double identity, and that it is both a burden and a treasure.
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Film Credit
- participation
- Reema Al-Khoja
- Elizabeth Stuart
- Tamara Al-Khoja
- Ali Al-Khoja
- Samia Al-Khoja
- Sami Al-Khoja
- Saadoun Al-Khoja
- Difaf Al-Khoja
- research
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- script
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- direction
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- cinematography
- Ali Reggab
- sound recording
- Georges Hannan
- Bruce LaPointe
- editing
- Patricia Tassinari
- sound editing
- Esther Auger
- mixing
- Shelley Craig
- original music
- Daniel Toussaint
- sound effects
- Stéphane Cadotte
- producer
- Jacques Turgeon
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