Zero Tolerance
2004
1 h 15 min
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Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no good reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people, and on the other, its police force. Two worlds, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority, while the other wields real power. One has no voice, while the other makes life-and-death decisions. When a policy of zero tolerance to crime masks an intolerance to young people of colour, the delicate …
This work contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Details
Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no good reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people, and on the other, its police force. Two worlds, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority, while the other wields real power. One has no voice, while the other makes life-and-death decisions.
When a policy of zero tolerance to crime masks an intolerance to young people of colour, the delicate balance between order and personal freedom is upset. A blend of cinéma vérité and personal testimonies, this hard-hitting film will broaden your mind and change your way of thinking. In French with English subtitles.
This work contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
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participationMaurice ChalomBadr ZouineJunior DamasRafaël PerezLiuma MicheletTricia HenryYacine BelhadjJosé SermenoCamilo RoumerMarie-Célie AgnantJohn DalzellPerry CalpetoJoan QuicanoRonald LemusPaulo AndradeStanley ThomasCarlos VillanuevaBruno AndradeManuel MorgaAlexandre PopovicRoderick CarreonGladys CharmantFady DagherFlorence DariusEdouard AngladeRobert MilordÉric La PennaNourredine ElmzemLaurent LisioP.L. BouchardJoseph RosemondJean-Ernest CélestinJean-Pierre AugerEstelle LandryLuc DemersJean PendeltonAmir El AlfyGeorges Lamirande
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researchMichka Saäl
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scriptMichka Saäl
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directionMichka Saäl
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producerYves Bisaillon
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director of photographySylvestre Guidi
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soundPierre Bertrand
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editingMichel Giroux
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sound editingFrancine Poirier
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sound editing - assistanceOlivier CalvertAnton Fischlin
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assistant directorJelena Popovic
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production managerJelena Popovic
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gafferRobert Courtemanche
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script consultantBruno Baillargeon
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additional cameraAlfonso MaioranaVincent ChimissoAli ReggabBruno BaillargeonJelena Popovic
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camera assistantFrançois Tessier
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additional editingJelena Popovic
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additional soundFrançois GuérinDimitri MédardMarco FaniaJuan GutiérrezJean-Denis Daoust
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additional gafferBob McKenna
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researcherNathalie St-Pierre
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stills photographyPatrice CohenAlain Tremblay
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foley artistLise Wedlock
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foley assistantGeneviève Lapointe
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original musicLa Main Froide
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translationChristine York
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subtitlesChristine York
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technical support - editingDanielle RaymondOchelle GreenidgeMartine Forget
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online editingSylvain DesbiensDenis Gathelier
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re-recordingSerge Boivin
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computer graphicsLouise Overy
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titlesLouise Overy
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title graphicsStack
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archival researchGinette Lavigne
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marketing officerDavid Boisclair
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administratorDenise DesLauriers
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administrative staffHélène RegimbalLise LévesqueMarie-Josée Lavoie
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technical coordinatorJean-François LapriseBrigitte Sénéchal
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line producerJohanne Bergeron
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executive producerYves Bisaillon
Education
Ages 13 to 18
Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities
Diversity - Diversity in Communities
Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values
History and Citizenship Education - Issues in Society Today
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film provides a superb opportunity to look at difficult themes such as racism
within police forces. What role do factors such as “ethnic” appearance and
socio-economic status play in how people are treated by authority figures?
What is racial profiling, and can its use be justified? What are the
influences of well-meaning anti-racism and anti-discrimination laws in the
daily lives of authority figures? Is our society as democratic, just, and
egalitarian as we would like to think? Are there Canadian parallels to the
problems of integrating youth that France has experienced? What are the
similarities and differences between the two?
