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Unspoken Tears (Trauma Through Words)
20221 h 15 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Hélène Magny
Production: Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Hélène Magny
A National Film Board of Canada production.
How can refugee children integrate into Quebec’s school system, given the unspeakable violence they’ve experienced? Following a psychologist specializing in conflict-related trauma, Unspoken Tears pays tribute to the admirable resilience and survival strategies of these “small adults,” whose spirit the bombs and camps have not completely crushed, at a time when it is vital to raise awareness in Western societies of migration-related issues and children’s rights.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Adolescent BehaviourChildren
- War, Conflict and Peace > AfricaMiddle EastWar and Youth
- Education > Elementary School Teaching and Education
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Immigration Experience and Social Adjustment
- Politics and Government > Refugees and War Victims
- Children and Youth > War and Youth
- Diversity > Diversity in Communities
- Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
- Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Credits
- participation
- Garine Papazian-Zohrabian
- Arezki Terkemani
- Mandjey Kamara
- Alia Abed
- Geneviève Cardinal
- Suzanne Des Marais
- Martin Després
- Lauriane El Boustany
- Maya El Nassrany
- Djessira Kourouma
- Noor Michael
- Abdul-Aziz
- Bezaleel
- Djemga Keny Dave
- Lina
- Lyne
- Mera
- Moustapha
- Nada
- Naia
- Naji
- Nathanaël
- Safa
- Sangeeth
- Yasmine
- Zakaria
- Zena
- Amer
- Hiba
- Ishak
- Marley
- Mouna
- Nihal
- Ouiam
- Romina
- Valentina
- Yacine
- Yalas
- Yolande
- research
- Hélène Magny
- writing
- Hélène Magny
- direction
- Hélène Magny
- producer
- Nathalie Cloutier
- editing
- Michel Giroux
- images
- Arnaud Bouquet
- location sound
- Lynne Trépanier
- Dimitri Médard
- sound design
- Benoît Dame
- Catherine Van Der Donckt
- supplementary footage
- Elie Bachaalany
- Wissam Charaf
- additional sound
- Mélanie Gauthier
- Simon Plouffe
- Geneviève Thibert
- production manager
- Geneviève Thibert
- additional production manager
- Évangéline de Pas
- drone images
- Drone Box
- technical support - editing
- Pierre Dupont
- Marie-Josée Gourde
- Patrick Trahan
- translation
- Sami Basbous
- Eli Jean Tahchi
- transcripts
- Difuze inc.
- subtitles
- Difuze inc.
- graphic design
- Alain Ostiguy
- Cynthia Ouellet
- animated graphics
- Alain Ostiguy
- online editing
- Serge Verreault
- colourization
- Serge Verreault
- dialog editing
- Lori Paquet
- additional sound editing
- Jérémie Jones
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- foley recording
- Luc Léger
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- original music
- Sami Basbous
- musician
- Casey Fulton
- Frédérique Tanguay-Gagnon
- Sadio Sissokho
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music mix
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music recording - assistance
- Luc Léger
- negociation of additional music
- Lucie Bourgouin
- legal advisor
- Julie Patry
- marketing manager
- Geneviève Bérard
- Karine Sévigny
- Nathalie Guérard
- marketing coordinator
- Eric Bondo
- administrator
- Sia Koukoulas
- senior production coordinator
- Joëlle Lapointe
- production coordinator
- Alexandra Bourque
- Coralie Dumoulin
- Chinda Phommarinh
- studio coordinator
- Gabrielle Dupont
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Claveau
- Mira Mailhot
- line production
- Mélanie Lasnier
- executive producer
- Nathalie Cloutier