Highway to Heaven
2019
16 min
Coming soon
This short symphonic documentary offers a glimpse into the unique religious co-existence found along No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia. Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces. In a world struggling with religious violence and intolerance, filmmaker Sandra Ignagni has crafted a gentle portrait of a rare landscape using attentive imagery and an acoustic tapestry of prayer.
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This short symphonic documentary offers a glimpse into the unique religious co-existence found along No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia. Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces. In a world struggling with religious violence and intolerance, filmmaker Sandra Ignagni has crafted a gentle portrait of a rare landscape using attentive imagery and an acoustic tapestry of prayer.
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participationAz-Zahraa Islamic Centre/ Az-Zahraa IslaEvangelical Formosan Church of Greater VIndia Cultural Centre of Canada/ GurdwarKingswood PubLingyen Mountain TempleMylora Executive Golf CourseRichmond Jewish Day SchoolRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, RichmondThrangu Tibetan Buddhist MonasteryTrinity Pacific Evangelical ChurchVedic Centre
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writerSandra Ignagni
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directorSandra Ignagni
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producerShirley Vercruysse
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associate producerTeri Snelgrove
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line producerJennifer Roworth
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director of photographyAndrew Coppin
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editorMilena Salazar
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sound designEva Madden
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sound recordistLisa KolisnykDavid Pullmer
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1st assistant cameraMikah Sharkey
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camera operatorEva Brownstein
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data wranglerOdessa Shuquaya
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gafferPaul Murakami
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gripChalane Hayward
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production coordinatorKristyn Stilling
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technical coordinatorWes Machnikowski
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production assistantJosephine AndersonAhmad Ali JafferSayyidah JafferHoi Bing MoMilena SalazarBaljit Sangra
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graphic designerTim Linklater
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colouristLionel Barton
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re-recording mixerGreg StewartJoe Watts
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project participantAbba BrodtDale BurdhialChris CarmichaelCarol DayKevin KrygierBill McNultySavitri NarayanHarold StevesJustin Tse
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development mentorshipJ.P. SniadeckiBrett Story
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UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art - summer intensiveChristopher AllenLucila MoctezumaMartha Shane
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marketing managerKay Rondonneau
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publicistKatja De Bock
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studio administratorCarla Jones
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executive producerShirley Vercruysse
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executive directorMichelle van Beusekom
Education
Ages 12 to 18
Diversity - Diversity in Communities
Ethics and Religious Culture - Religious Diversity/Heritage
Health/Personal Development - Identity
Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
Brief “lesson launcher type” activity or a series of inquiry questions with a bit of context.
Brief snapshot documentary exploring a one-mile stretch of road in British Columbia that has a great diversity of religious buildings, as well as other establishments. As you watch the documentary, think about which buildings or establishments were familiar to you. Which were new to you? Is the presence of all these buildings on a one-mile stretch of highway a unique aspect of Canadian society? Why or why not? The style of this documentary is unique. Describe what the goal of the documentary filmmaker may have been and how she planned to achieve it. What elements of documentary filmmaking did she use? Which elements did she leave out? Why?