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L' arbre qui se souvient

L' arbre qui se souvient

| 50 min

Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le réalisateur Masoud Raouf présente des entrevues avec d'anciens prisonniers politiques iraniens vivant maintenant au Canada et qui, comme lui, ont lutté pour la démocratie sous le régime brutal de l’Ayatollah Khomeni. Mariant des témoignages d'horreur, des séquences véridiques et une animation évocatrice magnifiquement rendue, le réalisateur rend hommage à la mémoire des victimes de la lutte et à l'endurance des survivants. En anglais avec sous-titres français.

This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised

Credits
  • direction
    Masoud Raouf
  • animation
    Masoud Raouf
  • director of photography
    Ali Reggab
  • None
    Marcus von Holtzendorff
    Lorenzo Negri
    Eric Bensoussan
    Martin F. Leblanc
    Hrair Abdalian
    Isabelle Rajotte
    Denis Pilon
    Sylvain Desbiens
    Chaz Oliver
    Phyllis Lewis
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Patrick Viegas
  • recording
    Diane Carrière
    Marco Fania
  • editing
    Yurij Luhovy
  • sound editing
    Don Ayer
  • original music
    Eric Lemoyne
    Mark Goodwin
  • cello
    Carla Antoun
  • ney
    Michel Dubeau
  • percussion
    Robert Harris
  • music mixing
    Simon Pressey
  • subtitles
    Claude Dionne
  • animation camera
    Pierre Landry
  • title design
    Louise Overy
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • research - archives
    Colette Lebeuf
  • additional editing
    Oana Suteu
  • transcripts
    Susan Panneton
  • advisor
    Anna Fuerstenberg
  • research
    André Surprenant
    Marie Surprenant
  • post-production coordination
    Claude Cardinal
    Linda Payette
  • production clerk
    Christine Williams
  • administration
    Marie Tonto-Donati
  • production consultant
    Alec MacLeod
  • delegate producer
    Ravida Din
  • executive producer
    Sally Bochner

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Education

Ages 16 to 17

Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights
Family Studies/Home Economics - Feminism
History and Citizenship Education - Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
Social Studies - Contemporary Issues

After viewing and research, have students of drama, writing, contemporary society, and history create poetry, performance, or multi-media presentations on themes of revolution, immigration, activism, and loss. Have students of film and media studies study techniques for effective political storytelling, and the power of documentary film to effect change. Students of Middle Eastern Studies can explore the history of Iran and contrast it with contemporary Middle Eastern political events.

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