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Invisible City
20091 h 15 min 47 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hubert Davis
Production: Mehernaz Lentin (Industry Pictures Inc.)Gerry Flahive (National Film Board of Canada)Silva BasmajianHubert Davis (Shine Films)
Script: Sondra KellyHubert DavisMehernaz Lentin
Produced by Industry Pictures / Shine Films in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
Invisible City is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures tempting them to make poor choices. Turning his camera on the often ignored inner city, Academy-award nominated director Hubert Davis sensitively depicts the disconnection of urban poverty and race from the mainstream.
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Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black Community
- Social Issues > Canadian CommunitiesUrban Life
- Children and Youth > Coming of Age Stories
- Urbanism > Community LifeHousing and Public HousingOntarioSocial ConditionsUrban Life
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Media Education > Documentary Film
Credits
- director
- Hubert Davis
- editor
- Hubert Davis
- producer
- Mehernaz Lentin
- Gerry Flahive
- executive producer
- Silva Basmajian
- co-producer
- Hubert Davis
- writer
- Sondra Kelly
- Hubert Davis
- Mehernaz Lentin
- commissioning editor
- Rudy Buttignol
- Jane Jankovic
- director of photography
- Christopher Romeike
- additional photography
- Christian Bielz
- Jonathon Cliff
- sound recordist
- Mike MacClymont
- Bob Rouse
- Sanjay Mehta
- music
- Fraser MacDougall
- Michael White
Awards
- Best Canadian Feature DocumentaryHot Docs