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Cinema scope tiff 2015 ninth floor mina shum, canada. Expertly combining interviews and archival footage, ninth floor offers both a revealing look at the shallowness of our home and native lands proudly proclaimed culture of tolerance, and a timely reminder of the importance of civil disobedience, particularly in times when governmental powers go unquestioned and unchecked. The word shareek in urdu means partner but in punjabi we see a complete reinterpretation of this word. May 14, 2015 the fact that the national film board is producing this film with mina shum as director and me as producer is one important measure of how things have changed. Editor carmen pollard had already completed a rough cut of ninth floor, mina shums feature doc about the sir george williams affair, when a key new piece of visual history came to light. Still image from ninth floor, a documentary film directed by mina shum. In her first featurelength documentary, director mina shum double happiness takes a penetrating look at the sir george williams university. In january 1969, several hundred students from sir george williams university in montreal took over a ninthfloor computer lab, and spent the next two weeks fighting to be heard as equal humans. When his dreams and reality become intertwined, he is faced with the decision of leaving the meaningless world he has always known for a chance to save the. Contact expertrating solutions expertrating addresses. The best design communicates clearly, spurs action, and inspires delight all while providing a transparent, pleasurable experience. More than great archival imagery, it was evidence, and we jumped with joy when we saw it, says pollard, it was footage of robert.
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The vancouver international film festival has unveiled 11 feature films in its lineup for its 2015 bc spotlight program. A national film board of canada production, ninth floor tells the story of the most dramatic. This snowballed into 14days of chaos and violence, with riot police storming the occupied ninth floor, and a storm of computer cards raining into the streets below. Sep 11, 2015 besides the many startling accounts of police brutality and a 1969 student mob chanting let the ns burn, whats most disquieting about ninth floor may just be indongos unease in raising. Ninth floor uk productions limited overview free company. Veera desai road, andheri west, mumbai 400053, maharashtra, india. Until a much younger man appears, but shes not convinced yet. Three people stuck in an elevator are forced to get to know each other.
Documentary seeks to heal wounds left by landmark protest rci. Who we are what we do residenciesclasses contact the 9th floor. Nfbs ninth floor and interview with a free man named to. The ninth floor is one of the projects published on, which uses animation, audio, video, and photography to create stories about the human condition. Independent filmmaker mina shum was born in hong kong and raised in vancouver. Ninth floor 2015 1h 21min documentary 10 september 2015 canada in 1969, to protest the administrations mishandling of racist accusations towards a professor, students at sir george williams university occupied a ninth floor computer lab. Aug 07, 2015 in her first featurelength documentary, director mina shum double happiness takes a penetrating look at the sir george williams university riot of february 1969, when a protest against.
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Release dates 2 also known as aka 2 release dates canada 10 september 2015 toronto international film festival canada 26 september 2015 vancouver international film festival also known as aka original title ninth floor. Apr 08, 2019 director mina shum makes her foray into feature documentary by reopening the file on a watershed moment in canadian race relations the infamous sir george williams riot. Alex embers, a despondent young man experiences reoccurring dreams about an imaginary lover in the midst of wwii. Our focus evolved in time into a wide range of interests therefore we. The waitresses and loyal customers of the restaurant were the subject of a 1998 national film board of canada documentary, les dames du 9e the ladies of the 9th. Focusing on three individuals, dimmock watches and listens as the young people on the ninth floor fall into despair, then reflect on their choices and yearn for more. Quest for the ancient relic is now available to purchase and download on itunes. Ninth floor is a 2015 national film board of canada documentary film written and directed by mina shum about the 1969 sir george williams affair, a student. Among them are some familiar local names, and environmental and racial. Ninth floor documents an important moment in montreal civil rights history plus a film about the destruction of indigenous culture in colombia. Its promal goal was promoting the most original and forthcoming projects with improvising singers. Viff 2015 complete guide by vancouver international film.