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Last Chance

This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles integrating into Canada, fear deportation and anxiously await a decision that will change their lives forever.

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This feature documentary tells the stories of 5 asylum seekers who flee their native countries to escape homophobic violence. They face hurdles integrating into Canada, fear deportation and anxiously await a decision that will change their lives forever.

 This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • director
    Paul Émile d'Entremont
  • researcher
    Paul Émile d'Entremont
  • writer
    Paul Émile d'Entremont
  • picture editing
    Patricia Tassinari
  • director of photography
    Jean-Pierre Saint-Louis
    Koussay Hamzé
  • sound recording
    Olivier Léger
    Paul Awwad
  • participant
    Trudi Stewart
    Carlos Atuesta
    Jennifer Khalil
    Zaki Saad Zaki Abdal Malak
    Alvaro Orozko
    Jacqueline Ford
    Dane
    Karlene Williams-Clarke
    Jeannine Duval
    Noël Saint-Pierre
    Labibée Khalil
    Joe Khalil
    Georges Azzi
    Waël Lazkani
    Joe Hammoud
    Charbel Maydun
    Michael Battista
    Antirum (Betty) Morgan
    Carlos Guzman
    Eddy Bouchard
    Laurent Morgane
    Alain Lanthier
    Nicole LaViolette
    Hector Fabio Duque Gomez
    Aze Garci Guzmani
    Diego Gamboa Valdez
    Julio César Salas
    Martin Araujo
    Peter Showler
    Scott Clarke
    Lisa Gore
    Dean Richard Pierre
    Guy Sirois
    Linda Hunter
    Craig Fortier
    Suhail Abualsameed
    Jared Will
    Pierre Durette
    Baz Sanora
    Rania Karazivan
    Gilles Duguay
    Joel Bousfield
  • additional camera
    Katerine Giguère
    Adam Makarenko
  • additional camera assistant
    Olivier Cheneval
  • additional sound recording
    Stéphane Barsalou
    Marie-Pierre Grenier
    Catherine Van Der Donckt
  • executive producer in production
    Pierre Sarraf
  • interpreter
    Waël Lazkani
    Monica Jimenez Corona
  • assistant
    Marie-Rose Osta
  • grip
    Alain Desmarchais
  • driver
    Agnès Falquet
    Deborah McDonald
    Maria Mercurius
    Nicholas Campbell
    Oneil Richards
    Trudeau Francis
  • production assistant
    Agnès Falquet
    Deborah McDonald
    Maria Mercurius
    Nicholas Campbell
    Oneil Richards
    Trudeau Francis
    Colette Allain
  • production manager
    Christine Aubé
    Sylvie Desjardins
  • sound design
    Daniel Toussaint
  • sound editor
    Cory Rizos
  • original music
    Claude Fournier
  • original music - assistance
    Jean-Sébastien Fournier
  • music recording studio
    Studio Tibasse
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • credits
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • technical support - digital editing
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Pierre Dupont
    Patrick Trahan
  • foley
    Paul Hubert
  • foley recording
    Éric Lagacé
  • foley studio
    Premium Sound
  • sound mix
    Serge Boivin
  • translation
    Robert Chidiac
    Michael Lasry
    Diana Goudrouffe
  • production stills
    Paul Émile d'Entremont
    Charles Gagnon
  • transcription services
    Paula McKeown
  • subtitles
    Paula McKeown
  • marketing
    Jean Saad
  • administration
    Geneviève Duguay
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
    Luc Binette
    France Couture
    Richard Cliche
  • producer
    Murielle Rioux-Poirier
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • executive producer
    Jacques Turgeon

Education

Ages 14 to 17

Study Guide

Notes

Organize a week denouncing homophobia at school. Hold conferences with gay and lesbian speakers who will come share their experiences. For a research project, ask students to choose a country and examine the status of gays and lesbians living there.

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