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Film Club

Singh, Cyrus Sundar, (film director.). King-Chigbo, Karen, (film producer.). Lore, Louise, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Would you dare to go back twenty five years to find your long lost classmates? Filmmaker Cyrus Sundar Singh did ... and offers a unique perspective on the immigrant experience. Film Club takes us back to the '70s and Trudeau's new policy of multiculturalism. When a Grade 8 teacher, eager to pass along his love of cinema, formed an after-school film club, it attracted a klatch of immigrant kids eager to embrace their new country. Stimulating and creative, the club was a complete departure from anything they had known and provided a safe haven from the harsh world around them. Together, they made a tiny 8mm award winner called Ohh Canada. It captured the spirit of a fresh start: everything was new and anything was possible. Now, as adults, our group looks back to marvel at their childhood dreams and the bond they share with the teacher who brought them together. Their stories, both touching and personal, reveal the surprising drama contained within apparently ordinary lives. Film Club was produced as part of the Reel Diversity Competition for emerging filmmakers of colour. Reel Diversity is a National Film Board of Canada initiative in partnership with CBC Newsworld.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (44 min., 53 sec.) : sound
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  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.

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General Note:
BIPOC filmmaker.
NFB's special programs:.Reel Diversity Competition.
Agency - English program:.Documentary Program - Ontario.
Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Writer, Cyrus Sundar Singh ; director, Cyrus Sundar Singh ; producer, Karen King-Chigbo ; executive producer, Louise Lore ; editor, Gordon Thorne ; director of photography, Stanislaw Barua ; sound design, Susan Fairbairn ; original music composer, Cyrus Sundar Singh ; sound recordist, Bob Salter ; researcher, Cyrus Sundar Singh ; visual researcher, Eric Geringas ; re-recording mixer, Orest Sushko, Eric Apps ; music recording, null Lucy's Mobile Studio.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Cyrus Sundar Singh ; cast of character, William Leong, Tony Pingitore, Melanee Eng, Maureen Mark, Susan Eng, Hans Niederreiter.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 2001.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:
Canada Award, 2002
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).
Subject: Clubs -- Elementary schools -- Filmmakers -- Filmmaking -- Immigrant students -- Multiculturalism -- Social integration -- Teachers
Minority students -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography
Children of immigrants -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography
Minorities -- Canada -- Biography
Canada -- Ethnic relations
Niederreiter, Hans
King Edward School (Toronto, Ontario)
Genre: Documentary films.

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