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Parked: Seeking Refuge in Our Cars
20205 min 51 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Miru Yogarajah
Production: David Oppenheim (National Film Board of Canada)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Miru Yogarajah
A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada and POV Spark.
Parked: Seeking Refuge in Our Cars follows the lives of two Tamil youth living in Scarborough, Ontario, whose vehicles are their only means of escape. The film explores how children of immigrants and refugees use cars as a makeshift home—a safe, private place to come into their selves. It’s an inside look at the lives of a generation of people trying to create and nurture their identity.
Subject categories
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Asian OriginsOntario
- Families > Family ConflictsImmigrant ExperienceInterpersonal Relationships
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Interpersonal Relationships
- Transportation > Road Vehicles
Credits
- writer
- Miru Yogarajah
- director
- Miru Yogarajah
- producer
- David Oppenheim
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- associate producer
- Kate Vollum
- director of photography
- Kuru Selvarajah
- editor
- Yong Zong
- sound recordist
- Miru Yogarajah
- Kuru Selvarajah
- sound designer
- Anthony Wallace
- featuring
- Sanayan
- Luxi
- music writer
- Krishanth Dineshkumar
- production coordinator
- Katie Murray
- Frances Nyarko-Mensah
- manager, studio operations
- Mark Wilson
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- studio administrator
- Patricia Bourgeois
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- program mentor
- Sisa Bueno
- Lauren Hutchinson
- Roslyn Kalloo
- Sarah Rothberg
- Kerri Sakamoto
- Ziv Schneider
- Pat Shiu
- program production assistant
- Rand Jitan
- post sound
- Sim Toronto
- post picture
- Sim Toronto
- online editor
- Darren Hinchy
- colourist
- Arlene Moelker
- finishing producer
- Mateusz Sklarzyk
- re-recording mixer
- Graham Rogers
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Will Stephens
- project coordinator
- Louise Finn
- head of operations
- Alex Aslund
- general manager
- Peter Gibson
- publicist
- Jennifer Mair
- marketing manager
- Gabrielle Harvey
- Laurianne Désormiers
- social media strategist
- Hannah Martin
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- title design
- Yazmin Monet
- Grace An
- credit design
- Grace An