Rita Shelton Deverell: Queen Bee

20224 min 52 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Sara Elgamal

Production: Sherien Barsoum (National Film Board of Canada)Jon Montes (National Film Board of Canada)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)

Script: Sara Elgamal

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Governor's General's Performing Awards Foundation.

A tribute to an astonishing legacy and a rallying cry for a new generation, director Sara Elgamal’s Queen Bee brings the remarkable work of broadcaster, actor, and thinker Dr. Rita Shelton Deverell into focus. Cinematically shot and with striking use of archives, the film features a monologue from Deverell’s one woman play, Smoked Glass Ceiling, and offers an expansive vision for change.

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Subject categories


  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black CommunityWomen
  • Women - Portraits > Performing ArtsWriting and Journalism

Credits


recipient
Rita Shelton Deverell
writer
Sara Elgamal
director
Sara Elgamal
featuring
Rita Shelton Deverell
producer
Sherien Barsoum
Jon Montes
executive producer
Anita Lee
director of photography
Shady Hanna
editor
Sarah Jane Bachinski
additional editing
Nicole Sison
sound design
Sacha Ratcliffe
music
Sacha Ratcliffe
production manager
Dominique Chaumont
production coordinator
Melissa Paduada
Adrianna Marling
production assistant
Maria Ramage
steadicam operator
Richard Gonzales
key grip
Asmaa Er-Rouhi
gaffer
Jonathan Glendon
swing
Hala Hunny
technician
Peter Abbott
Vince Rotondi
sound recordist
Eric Taylor
wardrobe
Charlene Akuamoah
wardrobe assistant
Nakeimah Williams
hair
D'Andra Morris
makeup artist
Franceline Kingu
production supervisor
Marcus Matyas
technical assistant
Q'Mal Labad-Workman
DIT
Ashley Mach
assistant editor
Pranay Nichani
titles
Mélanie Bouchard
picture post-production
Nice Shoes
online editor
Tricia Hagoriles
sound post-production
The Dark Studio
re-recording
Grant Edmonds
manager studio operations
Mark Wilson
studio administrator
Andrew Martin-Smith
studio coordinator
Carly Kastner
legal counsel
Peter Kallianiotis