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The Dispossessed
20173 h 2 min 13 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Mathieu Roy
Production: Lucie Tremblay (Lowik Media inc.)Colette Loumède (National Film Board of Canada)Gabriela Bussmann (Mira Film GmbH)Vadim Jendreyko (Mira Film GmbH)
Script: Richard BrouilletteBenoît Aquin
Produced by Lowik Media in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and Mira Film, in association with Golden Egg Production.
The Dispossessed is an impressionist journey that sheds light on the daily strife of the world’s hungry farming class. In this era of industrialized agriculture, across the globe, people who produce food are paid less than almost any other profession. Part cinema-vérité, part essay, our film examines the mechanisms by which farmers are falling into a somber cycle of despair, debt and dispossession.
Shot in India, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Switzerland, Brazil and Canada, The Dispossessed is carried by stunning cinematography and fascinating interviews and follows the peasantry’s migration from their farmlands to the dystopian megapolis’ construction lands.
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Subject categories
- Economics > Agriculture and Food IssuesGreat Depression
- Agriculture > Food IssuesSocial Issues
- Food and Food Industries > Socio-economic Issues
- Social Studies > Contemporary IssuesEnvironmental Challenges
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Food and Nutrition
- Geography > Territory: Agricultural
Credits
- director
- Mathieu Roy
- original idea
- Benoît Aquin
- script
- Richard Brouillette
- Benoît Aquin
- cinematography
- Benoît Aquin
- Mathieu Roy
- sound engineer
- Reto Stamm
- Christof Steinmann
- Patrick Becker
- Julien Fréchette
- producer
- Lucie Tremblay
- Colette Loumède
- Gabriela Bussmann
- Vadim Jendreyko
- line production
- Richard Brouillette
- Mathieu Roy
- Mélanie Lasnier
- development producer
- Marie-Anne Raulet
- associate producer
- Hercli Bundi
- editing
- Louis-Martin Paradis
- music
- Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart
- Boundaries
- Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin
- sound design
- Daniel Almada
- premix
- Daniel Almada
- Dominik Avenwedde
- re-recording
- Christof Steinmann
- sound studio
- Magnetix
- research
- Richard Brouillette
- Benoît Aquin
- Mahdiah El Jed
- Camille Trembley
- Nancy Marcotte
- participant
- Keith Rockwell
- Vijay Jawandhia
- Palagummi Sainath
- Utsa Patnaik
- Juan Gonzales-Valero
- Jaideep Hardikar
- Claude Jaccoud
- Paul Ecoffey
- Christian Haueter
- Roland Boson
- Luc Breton
- Marcel Mazoyer
- Mamadou Cissokho
- fixer
- Bright Phiri
- Ganza Buroko
- Nandan Kini
- Archana Padke
- Marcello Batz
- production assistant
- Priscilla Tsamwa
- Yan Decoppet
- Camille Trembley
- translation
- CORELinguix
- additional translation
- Lydia Ingabire
- Veena Ghokale
- Shweta Bendre
- additional sound
- Bernhard Zitz
- Davi Paes Figueiredo Filho
- additional cinematography
- Marion Neumann
- Nitin Pegu
- assistant director
- Marion Neumann
- researcher
- Nandan Kini
- translator
- Nandan Kini
- Archana Padke
- intern
- Kate Kinoshota
- Isidora Manojlovic
- Mathilde Mack
- Andreas Talanow
- driver
- Dharmendra
- Ashok
- Shravan Harde
- Pablo Mendonça
- technical coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- technical coordinator - shooting equipment
- Steve Hallé
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Mélanie Bouchard
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing manager - assistance
- Jolène Lessard
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- production coordinator
- Chinda Phommarinh
- Isabelle Limoges
- Gabrielle Dupont
- administrative assistant
- Pascale Savoie-Brideau
- back office
- Nadine Forster
- production accountant
- Christine Limoges
- Caroline Gascon
- Carole Gagnon
- coordinator
- Laurence Baillargeon
- Claire Chevalier
- assistant
- Dominique Dussault
- assistant editor
- Anne Gabrielle Lebrun Harpin
- transcripts
- Anne Gabrielle Lebrun Harpin
- Mathieu Roy
- music licensing
- Sébastien Lépine
- Alexandra Pinault Arsenault
- subtitling
- T&S Coop
- insurance broker
- Jinny Barbosa
- interim financing
- National Bank of Canada
- legal advisor
- Vanessa Loubineau
- Kim Loranger