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Apatrides
20201 h 35 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michèle Stephenson
Production: Jennifer Holness (Hungry Eyes Film & Television Inc.)Michèle Stephenson (Hispaniola Productions)Lea MarinAnita Lee (Office national du film du Canada)Joe Brewster (Rada Film Group)Sudz Sutherland (Hungry Eyes Film & Television Inc.)Leslie Fields-Cruz (Black Public Media)Sandie Viquez Pedlow (Latino Public Broadcasting)
Script: Michèle StephensonJennifer Holness
Hispaniola Productions en coproduction avec l'Office national du film du Canada.
En 1937, des dizaines de milliers d’Haïtiens et de Dominicains d’origine haïtienne ont été exterminés par l’armée dominicaine sur la seule base du racisme à l’encontre des Noirs. Des décennies plus tard, en 2013, la Cour suprême de la République dominicaine retire la citoyenneté à toute personne ayant des parents haïtiens, avec effet rétroactif jusqu’en 1929, rendant ainsi plus de 200000 personnes apatrides. Le nouveau documentaire de la réalisatrice Michèle Stephenson suit la campagne d’une jeune avocate du nom de Rosa Iris, qui lutte contre la corruption des élus et pour la protection du droit à la citoyenneté pour tous.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanPolitics, Government and History
- Politics and Government > Central and South America
- Law and Crime > Citizens' ProtectionDiscrimination
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Discrimination
- Social Issues > Discrimination and Stereotyping
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen ResponsibilitiesHuman Rights
- History and Citizenship Education > Civil Rights and Freedoms
- Social Studies > Law
Credits
- participation
- Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez
- Teofilo Murat
- Gladys Feliz
- writer
- Michèle Stephenson
- director
- Michèle Stephenson
- producer
- Jennifer Holness
- Michèle Stephenson
- Lea Marin
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- Joe Brewster
- Sudz Sutherland
- Leslie Fields-Cruz
- Sandie Viquez Pedlow
- photography directing
- Alfredo Alcántara
- Tito Rodriguez
- Naiti Gámez
- Nadia Hallgren
- Jaime Guerra
- Pedro Arnau Bros Santana
- delegate producer
- Johanné Gomez-Terreiro
- Susibel Espaillat
- Tony Then-Repozo
- Norah Wakula
- editing
- Sophie Farkas Bolla
- additional editing
- Andres Landau
- editing consultant
- Ricardo Acosta
- Lawrence Jackman
- original music
- Ben Fox
- editing assistant
- Jordan Kawai
- story editor
- Jennifer Holness
- narration
- Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez
- 2nd unit camera
- Francisco Alberto Rodiguez
- Ariel Mota
- additional camera
- Michèle Stephenson
- location sound
- Michèle Stephenson
- Johanné Gomez-Terreiro
- Susibel Espaillat
- photographer
- Conrad Louis Charles
- assistant to the director
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Ashley Lin
- production assistant
- Tennile Brown
- research
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
- Tina Meister
- Gisela Zuniga
- infographics
- Brett Lamb
- photo research
- Michèle Stephenson
- storyboard
- Michèle Stephenson
- legal counsel
- Hatty Reisman
- Divya Shahani
- Jennifer Dick
- Peter Kallianiotis
- production accountant
- Rajiv Gupta
- Dania Kannan
- Melissa Kalef
- insurance
- Front Row Insurance
- manager, studio operations
- Mark Wilson
- administration
- Stefanie Brantner
- Patricia Bourgeois
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- Luc Binette
- digital editing technician
- Patrick Trahan
- production coordinator
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- Katie Murray
- marketing
- Melissa Wheeler
- head business affairs, distribution
- Mary Graziano
- driver
- Johnny Álvarez Roja
- Joseph Etienne
- Juan Bautista Soriano Garcia
- post-production manager
- Roberta Bratti
- colorist
- Mila Patriki
- sound editor
- Ryan Birnberg
- sound effects creation
- Andrea Agro
- post-sync effects recording
- Joshua Pichardo
- sound mixer
- Chris Guglick
- Matt McKenzie
- online editing
- Rouben Boudagian
- subtitling
- Zoé Major
- urban picture operations
- Bruce Rees
- translation
- Michèle Stephenson
- Andres Landau
- Ricardo Acosta
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Janil Santana
- Natalie Rivera
- Leobianny Hilario
- Williams M. Amaya
- Berlotte Antoine
- Gisela Zuniga
- musician
- Michael Peter Olsen
- Adrian Cook
- Dennis Patterson
Awards
- Special Jury Prize: Canadian Feature- with a cash prize of $2500Hot Docs
- Best Feature FilmLatino International Film Festival
- BlackStar's 2020 Best Feature Documentary AwardBlackStar Film Festival