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No Address
198855 min 58 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Alanis Obomsawin
Production: Marrin CanellAlanis ObomsawinColin Neale
Script: Alanis Obomsawin
Far from home and cut off from family and friends, Montreal’s Indigenous homeless population is the focus of No Address. Dreams of a better life in the big city can be met with harsh realities, as the individuals in this documentary recount. Often trying to flee circumstances created by colonialism and the effects of assimilation, the First Nations and Inuit people in this work share frank stories about their lives and the paths that took them to the streets of Montreal. Alanis Obomsawin presents an honest, stark portrayal of endemic homelessness while giving voice to those so often overlooked or made invisible on the streets of every city in Canada.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Adolescents and Young AdultsQuébec and OntarioSocial ProblemsUrban Life
- Social Issues > Indigenous PeoplesSocial ProblemsSocial ServicesSocial Services in CanadaYoung Adults
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Labrador and QuébecSocial Problems
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Housing
- Indigenous Studies > Identity/SocietyIssues and Contemporary Challenges
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
- Community > Poverty, Welfare, Social Service Delivery, Homelessness, Inequality Urbanization, Relocation
Credits
- director
- Alanis Obomsawin
- script
- Alanis Obomsawin
- producer
- Marrin Canell
- Alanis Obomsawin
- executive producer
- Colin Neale
- camera
- Roger Rochat
- sound
- Jacques Drouin
- Yves Gendron
- editing
- Marrin Canell
- sound editing
- Wojtek Klis
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- music
- Dominique Tremblay
Awards
- Best Documentary AwardAnnual American Indian Film Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: Social Issues International Film and Video Festival