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Remembering Memory
199953 min 2 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Lara Fitzgerald
Production: Jacques MénardYves BisaillonElizabeth Yake
Co-produced by Les Films aux bords de l'abîme and the NFB.
Born in Algeria in 1937, Hélène Cixous has been called the greatest living French-language writer. She is known for a diverse body of work in many genres--fiction, playwriting, criticism and even opera lyrics. Cixous' experimentation with language makes her one of the most fascinating and elusive authors of the century. This film, inspired by Hélène Cixous' autobiographical writings, explores her literary universe, tracing her family history--from the migrations of Moroccan, Algerian, German and Slovak Jews--through to her birth in Oran and immigration to France in 1955.
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Subject categories
- Foreign Countries > France
- Developing Countries > North Africa
- Literature and Language > PortraitsWorld Literature
- Women - Portraits > Women in Foreign CountriesWriting and Journalism
Credits
- director
- Lara Fitzgerald
- producer
- Jacques Ménard
- Yves Bisaillon
- Elizabeth Yake
- images
- Mark Caswell
- sound
- John Hazen
- editing
- Marianne Sharkey-Grellet
- music
- Nicholas Stirling
- participation
- Anne-Marie Alonzo
- Marie-Claire Blais
- Monique Bosco
- Mireille Calle-Gruber
- Hélène Cixous
- Jacques Derrida
- Anne Hébert
- Daniel Mesguich
- Ariane Mnouchkine
- Lynn Penrod
Awards
- Telefilm Canada Award - for Best Canadian Documentary (Tied with Chris Triffo director of DAD) - with a cash prize of $2,500$ for each winning directorsHot Docs
- Award - Category: Best Direction - Lara Fitzgerald (Tied with Chris Triffo, director of DAD)Hot Docs
- Honorable Mention - Category: Humanities International Film and Video Festival