Nadia's Journey

20061 h 12 min 8 secFilm: Documentary

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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