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Aftermath: The Remnants of War
200156 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Daniel Sekulich
Production: Ed Barreveld (Aftermath Pictures Inc.)Michael KotPeter Starr (National Film Board of Canada)Don HaigAndré BennettLouise LoreNorm BolenSydney Suissa
Script: Allen AbelDaniel Sekulich
Produced by Aftermath Pictures Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with History Television for History Television, and with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund - created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry - CTF: Licence Fee Program, the Rogers Documentary Fund, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, the Saskatchewan Communications Network and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit.
War has a dirty secret: it never really ends. Aftermath: The Remnants of War weaves archival images and personal stories into a powerful portrait of lingering devastation. Based on the Gelber Award-winning book by Donovan Webster, this insightful film reveals the twentieth century as the most violent in all of human history, with a death toll of more than one hundred million.
Filmed on location in Russia, France, Bosnia and Vietnam, the documentary features personal accounts of individuals involved in the cleanup of war: de-miners who risk their lives on a daily basis, psychologists working with distraught soldiers in Bosnia, a treasure hunter turned archeologist in Stalingrad, and scientists and doctors struggling with the contamination of dioxin used during the Vietnam War. The poignant stories convey a sobering message as we face the realization that war doesn't end when the fighting stops.
Warning: some scenes contain graphic images.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > Bosnia, Croatia and SerbiaMemoirs and MemorialsVietnam WarWar VictimsWorld War IWorld War II
Credits
- director
- Daniel Sekulich
- producer
- Ed Barreveld
- Michael Kot
- Peter Starr
- editor
- Deborah Palloway
- director of photography
- Michael Grippo
- executive producer
- Don Haig
- André Bennett
- Louise Lore
- Norm Bolen
- Sydney Suissa
- writer
- Allen Abel
- Daniel Sekulich
- original music
- Claude Desjardins
- Eric N. Robertson
- location sound
- Adrian Tucker
- narrator
- John Jarvis
- sound editor
- Dwayne Newman
- re-recording mixer
- Dwayne Newman
- dialogue editor
- Geoff Raffan
- assistant sound editor
- Ted Onyszczak
- Devon Wickins
- online editor
- Dan Johnston
- colour correction
- Debbie Gaysinski
- IMarion
- Alex Olegnowicz
- post-production supervisor
- Michael Kot
- production consultant
- Donovan Webster
- line production
- Ed Barreveld
- production coordination
- Dawn Dumont
- Jib operator
- Adrian Tucker
- archival footage
- Tanya Fleet
- Hamish Robertson
- voice casting
- Sam Malkin
- production accountant
- Anne Sinclair
- production auditor
- Steven Friedman
- program administrator
- Ida Di Fruscia
- production administration assistant
- Catherine Fletcher
- insurance
- Steve Beatty
- legal services
- George Miller
- location manager
- Nguyen The Cuong
- Felix Golubev
- Pascal Louvet
- Sonja Pastuovic
- translation
- John Ing
- Marianne Thuy Nguyen
- Felix Golubev
- Patricia Patchet-Golubev
- Linda Quast
- Françoise Dutan
- Claude Péloquin
- Marija Ribic
- Ned Vukovic
- transcription
- Gae Barkman
- Jennifer Bauer
- Debbie Innes
- musician
- Daniel Blackman
- Claude Desjardins
- Pepe Francis
- Simon Fryer
- George Gao
- David Heatherington
- Eric N. Robertson
- Suba Sankaran
- Kent Teeple