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Notes d’espoir

2016 1 h 25 min
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Ce long métrage documentaire brosse le portrait vivant et plein de délicatesse d’une communauté forcée de déménager. Au cœur du récit se trouve une jeune fille noire de 12 ans, aussi perspicace que lumineuse, qui, au fil de ses bouleversantes observations sur la vie, l’âme et la puissance de l’art, se fait la porte-parole des gens que la société réduit souvent au silence. Notes d’espoir témoigne en images du besoin universel de trouver sa voix et son appartenance.

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Ce long métrage documentaire brosse le portrait vivant et plein de délicatesse d’une communauté forcée de déménager. Au cœur du récit se trouve une jeune fille noire de 12 ans, aussi perspicace que lumineuse, qui, au fil de ses bouleversantes observations sur la vie, l’âme et la puissance de l’art, se fait la porte-parole des gens que la société réduit souvent au silence. Notes d’espoir témoigne en images du besoin universel de trouver sa voix et son appartenance.

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    Charles Officer
    Chris Goll
    Zachary Cox
    Curry Leamen
    Lori Chodos
    Nadine Simunic
    Claire Dobson
    Krystin Hunter
  • direction
    Charles Officer
  • producer
    Lea Marin
  • executive producer
    Anita Lee
  • director of photography
    Mike McLaughlin
  • editing
    Andres Landau
  • editorial consultant
    Ricardo Acosta
  • recording
    Mike Filippov
  • music
    Menalon
  • participant
    Francine Valentine
    Alva Valentine
    Keturah Francis
    Ryan Johnson
    Kenny Johnson
    Krystle Chance
    Q'Mal Labad-Workman
    Harry Knazan
    Des Rouges
    Jaydahmann
    Lavane Kelly
    Carleen Robinson
    Sydney Duff
    La communauté du Villaways
  • production supervision
    Mark Wilson
  • administration
    Stefanie Brantner
  • aerial photography
    Orbis Aerials
  • additional photography
    Charles Officer
    Greg Biskup
    Blake Hannahson
    Adrian Vieni
  • additional recording
    Jason Milligan
    Scott Tremblay
  • production coordinator
    Andrew Martin-Smith
    Natalie van Dine
  • community liaison officer
    Carleen Robinson
  • technical coordinator
    Marcus Matyas
  • editing assistant
    Curry Leamen
    Zoya Rezaie
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • sound studio
    Tattersall Sound & Picture
  • sound design
    David McCallum
  • marketing
    Melissa Wheeler
  • publicist
    Pat Dillon
  • legal counsel
    Peter Kallianiotis

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Ideal for encouraging students to use art to explore social issues. Use poetry, fiction, painting, music or another art form to create an artistic piece that explores a social issue affecting your life, family, neighbourhood or community. Describe your creative process, the themes you wanted to explore and the reaction that others had to the piece. Then create a second piece. How did others’ comments affect or influence your second piece? What surprised you about your own message and process?

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