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Kenbe la, Until We Win
20191 h 23 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Will Prosper
Production: Nathalie CloutierDenis McCreadyColette Loumède
Script: Will Prosper
Set in the lush Haitian countryside as well as the icy landscapes of Quebec, Will Prosper’s documentary Kenbe la: Until We Win chronicles the inspiring journey of Alain Philoctète, an artist and activist who dreams of developing a permaculture project in his native country even as he fights an ongoing battle with cancer.
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Subject categories
- Agriculture > Agricultural PerspectivesLand Management
- Arts > Arts and Artists
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black Community
- Social Issues > Community Projects and Assistance
- Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
Credits
- participation
- Alain Philoctète
- Chantal Ismé
- Biko Ismé-René
- Malcolm Ismé-Philoctète
- Gina Anglade
- Marc Anglade
- Margareth Neff-Philoctète
- Valencia Philoctète
- Richard Philoctète
- Cassandre Etienne-Joseph
- research
- Will Prosper
- writer
- Will Prosper
- director
- Will Prosper
- producer
- Nathalie Cloutier
- cinematography
- Vanessa Abadhir
- editing
- Natalie Lamoureux
- original music
- Jenny Salgado
- André Courcy
- sound design
- Marie-Pierre Grenier
- location sound
- Olivier Léger
- Simon Plouffe
- Sylvain Vary
- Pablo Villegas
- production manager
- Henri Pardo
- shooting consultant
- Tara Johns
- drone footage
- Drone Box
- Vanessa Abadhir
- Romain Brot
- technical consultant - camera
- Steve Hallé
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- translation
- Jacquelin Telemaque
- Difuze inc.
- subtitling
- Jacquelin Telemaque
- Difuze inc.
- graphic design
- Cynthia Ouellet
- online editing
- Yannick Carrier
- foley
- Lise Wedlock
- foley assistant
- Marie-Kathryne Viens
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- musician
- André Courcy
- Alain Legagneur
- Martin Courcy
- Jenny Salgado
- music rights research
- Sylvia Mezei
- legal advisor
- Christian Pitchen
- media relations
- Marie-Claude Lamoureux
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- marketing coordinator
- Sophie Thouin
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- studio coordinator
- Pascale Savoie-Brideau
- production coordinator
- Chinda Phommarinh
- technical coordinator
- Mira Mailhot
- acting development producer
- Denis McCready
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- executive producer
- Colette Loumède
- Nathalie Cloutier
Awards
- People's Choice AwardRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal