Asian Film Database
Queen of Canada (2012) |
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| 1min. Video Document, Colour | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Sharlene Bamboat and Alexis Mitchell (Pakistan) |
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| Setting: | Canada |
| Summary: | In December 2011, Jason Kenney, then minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism, attempted to ban all face coverings for those performing the citizenship oath in Canada. Bamboat and Mitchell's short video is a response not only to the Islamophobic and misogynistic nature of Kenney's ban, but also to the performative nature of the nationalist oath taking ceremony. (YouTube) |
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The Queen's Cantonese Conversational Course, |
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| 33min. Short, Colour | |
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| Director/Filmmaker: | Wayne Yung (Canada) |
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| Summary: | Lesson1: Suffice it to say, the queen in question is not the matriarch of the Windsor clan. Here, finally, is a language instruction class that truly teaches you where to place your tongue, Lesson 2: The class offers phrases for cruising in the park, Berlitz was never this useful. Lesson 3: The teacher gets really involved with her students in this final episode. (Reel Asian) |
| Source: | Reel Asian |
Quiet Day in Belfast (1974) |
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| Drama | |
| Language(s): | English |
| Director/Filmmaker: | Milad Bessada |
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| Trailer/Excerpt/Film: | Excerpt |
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| Setting: | Northern Ireland |
| Summary: | A brutally realistic drama dealing with the conflict between northern Irish "patriots" and British soldiers. (IMDb) |
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