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Zero Tolerance
200452 min 53 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michka Saäl
Production: Yves Bisaillon
Script: Michka Saäl
Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no good reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people, and on the other, its police force. Two worlds, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority, while the other wields real power. One has no voice, while the other makes life-and-death decisions.
When a policy of zero tolerance to crime masks an intolerance to young people of colour, the delicate balance between order and personal freedom is upset. A blend of cinéma vérité and personal testimonies, this hard-hitting film will broaden your mind and change your way of thinking. In French with English sub-titles.
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Subject categories
- Children and Youth > Cultural Groups
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > DiscriminationIntercultural Relations
- Social Issues > Discrimination and StereotypingUrban Life
- Law and Crime > Police Operations
Credits
- participation
- Maurice Chalom
- Badr Zouine
- Junior Damas
- Rafaël Perez
- Liuma Michelet
- Tricia Henry
- Yacine Belhadj
- José Sermeno
- Camilo Roumer
- Marie-Célie Agnant
- John Dalzell
- Perry Calpeto
- Joan Quicano
- Ronald Lemus
- Paulo Andrade
- Stanley Thomas
- Carlos Villanueva
- Bruno Andrade
- Manuel Morga
- Alexandre Popovic
- Roderick Carreon
- Gladys Charmant
- Fady Dagher
- Florence Darius
- Edouard Anglade
- Robert Milord
- Éric La Penna
- Nourredine Elmzem
- Laurent Lisio
- P.L. Bouchard
- Joseph Rosemond
- Jean-Ernest Célestin
- Jean-Pierre Auger
- Estelle Landry
- Luc Demers
- Jean Pendelton
- Amir El Alfy
- Georges Lamirande
- research
- Michka Saäl
- script
- Michka Saäl
- direction
- Michka Saäl
- producer
- Yves Bisaillon
- director of photography
- Sylvestre Guidi
- sound
- Pierre Bertrand
- editing
- Michel Giroux
- sound editing
- Francine Poirier
- sound editing - assistance
- Olivier Calvert
- Anton Fischlin
- assistant director
- Jelena Popovic
- production manager
- Jelena Popovic
- gaffer
- Robert Courtemanche
- script consultant
- Bruno Baillargeon
- additional camera
- Alfonso Maiorana
- Vincent Chimisso
- Ali Reggab
- Bruno Baillargeon
- Jelena Popovic
- camera assistant
- François Tessier
- additional editing
- Jelena Popovic
- additional sound
- François Guérin
- Dimitri Médard
- Marco Fania
- Juan Gutiérrez
- Jean-Denis Daoust
- additional gaffer
- Bob McKenna
- researcher
- Nathalie St-Pierre
- stills photography
- Patrice Cohen
- Alain Tremblay
- foley artist
- Lise Wedlock
- foley assistant
- Geneviève Lapointe
- original music
- La Main Froide
- translation
- Christine York
- subtitles
- Christine York
- technical support - editing
- Danielle Raymond
- Ochelle Greenidge
- Martine Forget
- online editing
- Sylvain Desbiens
- Denis Gathelier
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- computer graphics
- Louise Overy
- titles
- Louise Overy
- title graphics
- Stack
- archival research
- Ginette Lavigne
- marketing officer
- David Boisclair
- administrator
- Denise DesLauriers
- administrative staff
- Hélène Regimbal
- Lise Lévesque
- Marie-Josée Lavoie
- technical coordinator
- Jean-François Laprise
- Brigitte Sénéchal
- line production
- Johanne Bergeron
- executive producer
- Yves Bisaillon