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Nadia's Journey
20061 h 12 min 8 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Carmen GarciaNadia Zouaoui
Production: Yves Bisaillon (National Film Board of Canada)Carmen Garcia (Argus Films Inc.)
Script: Nadia Zouaoui
Produced by Argus Films Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Canadian Television Fund, SODEC - Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit, and with the assistance of Radio-Canada Télévision.
At 19, Nadia Zouaoui was forced by her parents into an arranged marriage with an Algerian living in Montreal. The man, who was twice her age, chose Nadia from a photograph. After 18 years away, Nadia goes back to Kabylia to see if life has changed in her native land.
Nadia?s Journey travels behind the tourist facade and into a land of shadows. The documentary delves into the complex reality of women held captive in their own homes since puberty. In the gloomy house where Nadia grew up, her only view of the outside world was a patch of sky. This tragic custom, which men feel powerless to change, ends up crushing the soul of women and girls.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaNorth AfricaWomen
- Women > Developing CountriesDiscrimination, Stereotyping and Equal Rights
- Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesWomen
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > IslamReligion, Politics and SocietyWomen
- Social Studies > Canada in the World TodayComparative CivilizationsDevelopment/Global Issues
- History > Canadian ConfederationWorld War I
- Media Education > Documentary FilmJournalism/News
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Feminism
Credits
- script
- Nadia Zouaoui
- research
- Nadia Zouaoui
- script consultant
- Carmen Garcia
- direction
- Carmen Garcia
- Nadia Zouaoui
- editing
- Jean-Marie Drot
- cinematography
- Claudine Sauvé
- sound recording
- Diane Carrière
- location manager
- Madjid Zouaoui
- original music
- Jimmy Tanaka
- sound editing
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- narration text
- Nadia Zouaoui
- collaboration to narration text
- Carmen Garcia
- narration
- Nadia Zouaoui
- translation
- Christine York
- subtitles
- Christine York
- technical support - editing
- Isabelle Painchaud
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- online editing
- Françoise Laprise
- Denis Pilon
- re-recording
- Luc Léger
- administrator
- Salvadora Garcia
- Denise DesLauriers
- participant
- Thrifa Gasmi
- Kamel Tamssaout
- Zahra Amirat
- Kahina Tamssaout
- Thilelli
- Linda Oulebsir
- Farouja Cherradou
- Tounsia Nait Benali
- Ouazna Tamssaout
- Rezkia Bouaboud
- Malek Bouaboud
- Zohra Benaissou
- Madiha Bellal
- Zahra Boussoura
- Mabrouk Bouaboud
- Saliha Bouaboud
- Chafia Bouaboud
- Rachid Bouaboud
- Gaya Bouaboud
- Mazigh Bouaboud
- Tinhinan Bouaboud
- Abdenour Oulebsir
- Yasmina Tamssaout
- marketing officer
- Jenny Thibault
- administrative staff
- Hélène Regimbal
- Lise Lévesque
- Mirabelle Bélanger
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- line production
- Johanne Bergeron
- executive producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- producer
- Carmen Garcia
Awards
- Nadia Zouaoui for best script : documentary sectionPrix Gémeaux
- Caméra au poing AwardRencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal