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Baroque'n Roll
19944 min 29 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Pierre M. Trudeau
Production: Thérèse Descary
Script: Pierre M. Trudeau
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Société Radio-Canada and Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG., (Germany).
A young immigrant is rejected because of his different ways and unusual clothing but is eventually accepted by the other kids when he impresses them with his bravery and resourcefulness. Based on article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates the right of children belonging to minority groups to enjoy their own culture, religion and language. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Animation and Allegory on MulticulturalismChildrenDiscriminationIntercultural Relations
- Law and Crime > Children's RightsDiscriminationHuman Rights
- Children and Youth > Children's RightsCultural GroupsDiscrimination and Stereotyping
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
Credits
- director
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- script
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- animation
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
- editing
- Suzanne Allard
- sound editing
- René Robitaille
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- music
- Louis Gagné
Awards
- Plan DENI MentionFestival internacional de Cine para Ninos / DIVERCINE
- Best Animated Short FilmFestival internacional de Cine para Ninos / DIVERCINE
- Award of Excellence 1995 - Category: Best Animated ProgramYouth Media Alliance
- Giffoni Film Festival Award - for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinemaFilm Festival