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Vie pigmentée

2013 1 h 25 min
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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le réputé réalisateur et directeur photo Vic Sarin nous plonge au coeur d'une enquête fascinante sur l'histoire du colorisme – la discrimination intra-ethnique fondée sur les nuances de peau. De l'Asie à l'Amérique du Sud, Sarin va à la rencontre d'individus directement touchés par cette problématique, à commencer par une entrepreneure philippine qui fait des affaires d’or dans l’industrie milliardaire du blanchiment de la peau. Vie pigmentée entraîne le spectateur dans un étonnant tour du monde où l’on remonte aux sources mêmes d’un dysfonctionnement social d’autant plus sournois qu’il est tout en nuances.

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Vie pigmentée

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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le réputé réalisateur et directeur photo Vic Sarin nous plonge au coeur d'une enquête fascinante sur l'histoire du colorisme – la discrimination intra-ethnique fondée sur les nuances de peau. De l'Asie à l'Amérique du Sud, Sarin va à la rencontre d'individus directement touchés par cette problématique, à commencer par une entrepreneure philippine qui fait des affaires d’or dans l’industrie milliardaire du blanchiment de la peau. Vie pigmentée entraîne le spectateur dans un étonnant tour du monde où l’on remonte aux sources mêmes d’un dysfonctionnement social d’autant plus sournois qu’il est tout en nuances.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
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    Vic Sarin
    Dawn Brett
    Lauren Grant
    Jerome Berthier
    Patricia Bruzzi
    Christine Dejoy
    Vanessa Green
    Tristin Morton
    Shenyan Liu
    Trevor Shultz
    Cherie Camp
    Ryan Schaad
    Ryan Thompson
    Bill Mellow
    Chris Gilling
    Kelly Cole
    Matt Dawson
    Kevin Belen
    Laurie Melhus
    Leanne Harry
    Kae Lemay
  • direction
    Vic Sarin
  • producer
    Tina Pehme
    Kim C. Roberts
    Selwyn Jacob
  • executive producer
    Tracey Friesen
  • creative head
    Bruce Cowley
  • head of production
    Jordana Ross
  • director of photography
    Vic Sarin
  • editing
    Austin Andrews
  • music
    John Welsman
  • associate producer
    John Bolton
  • production assistant
    Tristin Morton
  • assistant to the director
    Andy Holmes
  • picture
    Austin Andrews
    Andrew Coppin
    Steven Denault
    Brent Hodge
    Andy Holmes
    Richard Mbuthia
    Dermot Shane
    Vic Sarin
  • local coordinator
    Paula Batalha
    Gustavo Jesus
    Nana Buxani
    Lydia Durairaj
    Carole Grech-Gumbo
    Ulrico Grech-Gumbo
    Richard Mbuthia
  • research
    Dawn Brett
  • film research
    Found Images Research
  • rights
    Found Images Research
  • translator
    Victor Bothelho
    Joash Johannes
  • transcripts
    Shenyan Liu
  • production accountant
    Virginia Prasad
  • assistant to accountant
    Rita Yee
  • post-production accountant
    Virginia Prasad
  • post-production manager
    Emanuel Pereira
  • post-production coordinator
    Sam Trounce
  • post-production intern
    Jeff Lapka
  • motion design
    Austin Andrews
  • visual effects
    Austin Andrews
  • musical arrangement
    John Welsman
  • music - interpretation
    John Welsman
  • music mixing
    Jeff Wolpert
  • project head
    Kevin Fairfax Harwood
  • online editing
    Fred Richters
  • colorist
    Andrea Dixon
  • sound engineer
    Paul Sharpe
    Iain Pattison
  • sound mixer
    Paul Sharpe
    Iain Pattison
  • sound supervisor
    Kirby Jinnah
  • French translation
    Christine Archambault
  • legal services
    Juliet Smith
    Kim C. Roberts
  • insurance
    David W. Hamilton
  • auditor
    Paul Websdale
  • participation
    Sapna Abraham
    Eva Abrahams
    Gerome Abrahams
    Kavita Emmanuel
    Adika Ferdinand
    Gilberto Gil
    Rose Girard
    Joyce Gladwell
    Faith Linton
    Corin Mathews
    Vicky Ntetema
    Elvie Pineda
    Rachel Lobangco
    Renato Lourenço
    Tina Pehme
    Lani Santos
    Jaden Sarin
    Jasmine Sarin
    Maya Sarin
    Vic Sarin

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