Highway to Heaven

201916 min 49 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Sandra Ignagni

Production: Shirley VercruysseTeri Snelgrove

Script: Sandra Ignagni

A place utterly unique in British Columbia and the world, Richmond's No. 5 Road, also known as the “Highway to Heaven,” hosts a multitude of faiths. Side by side are numerous houses of worship, including Buddhist temples, a Sikh gurdwara, Hindu and Swami temples, Shia and Sunni mosques, Christian churches, and Jewish, Islamic and Christian schools. Filmmaker Sandra Ignagni merges beautiful, carefully framed images with a symphonic soundscape that illuminates the intimate lives of the faithful. An evocative documentary that is both a meditation on multiculturalism and a subtle critique of the tensions that underlie cultural diversity in Canada today.

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Subject categories


  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > British ColumbiaReligious Communities
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > BuddhismChristianityHinduismIslamJudaismMulticulturalismReligious Buildings
  • Social Studies > Communities in Canada/World
  • Diversity > Diversity in Communities
  • Health/Personal Development > Identity
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage

Credits


participation
Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre/ Az-Zahraa Isla
Evangelical Formosan Church of Greater V
India Cultural Centre of Canada/ Gurdwar
Kingswood Pub
Lingyen Mountain Temple
Mylora Executive Golf Course
Richmond Jewish Day School
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Richmond
Thrangu Tibetan Buddhist Monastery
Trinity Pacific Evangelical Church
Vedic Centre
writer
Sandra Ignagni
director
Sandra Ignagni
producer
Shirley Vercruysse
associate producer
Teri Snelgrove
line production
Jennifer Roworth
director of photography
Andrew Coppin
editor
Milena Salazar
sound design
Eva Madden
sound recordist
Lisa Kolisnyk
David Pullmer
1st assistant camera
Mikah Sharkey
2nd assistant camera
Eva Brownstein
data wrangler
Odessa Shuquaya
gaffer
Paul Murakami
grip
Chalane Hayward
production coordinator
Kristyn Stilling
technical coordinator
Wes Machnikowski
production assistant
Josephine Anderson
Ahmad Ali Jaffer
Sayyidah Jaffer
Hoi Bing Mo
Milena Salazar
Baljit Sangra
graphic designer
Tim Linklater
colourist
Lionel Barton
re-recording mixer
Greg Stewart
Joe Watts
project participant
Abba Brodt
Dale Burdhial
Chris Carmichael
Carol Day
Kevin Krygier
Bill McNulty
Savitri Narayan
Harold Steves
Justin Tse
development mentorship
J.P. Sniadecki
Brett Story
UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art - summer intensive
Christopher Allen
Lucila Moctezuma
Martha Shane
marketing manager
Kay Rondonneau
publicist
Katja De Bock
studio administrator
Carla Jones
executive producer
Shirley Vercruysse
executive director
Michelle van Beusekom