Raymonde Provencher
Raymonde Provencher is a Canadian documentary filmmaker,[1] most noted for her films War Babies (War Babies, nés de la haine)[2] and Grace, Milly, Lucy...Child Soldiers (Grace, Milly, Lucy ... Des fillettes soldates).[3]
Formerly a television journalist associated most prominently with Télé-Québec's documentary series Nord-Sud, she cofounded the Macumba Films documentary studio with Robert Cornellier and Patricio Henríquez in 1995.[4] In addition to her own work as a director, she is often credited as a producer on films directed by Cornellier or Henríquez.
War Babies was the winner of the Hot Docs Audience Award at the 2003 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[5] and won four Gémeaux Awards in 2003.[6]
A retrospective program of Provencher's films War Babies, Grace, Milly, Lucy, Crimes Without Honour and Café Désirs was scheduled to take place at Hot Docs in 2020.[7] When the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the retrospective was postponed instead of taking place as part of the online program,[8] and instead was staged at the 2022 festival.[9]
Filmgraphy[edit]
- L'Enfance assassinée - 2000
- La Planète ravagée - 2001
- War Babies (War Babies, nés de la haine) - 2002
- Partir ou mourir - 2005
- Une nouvelle vie pour Ramon Mercedes - 2007
- Le déshonneur des Casques bleus - 2007
- Une mort insensée - 2008
- Grace, Milly, Lucy...Child Soldiers (Grace, Milly, Lucy ... Des fillettes soldates) - 2009
- Crimes Without Honour (Ces crimes sans honneur ) - 2012[10]
- Café Désirs - 2015[11]
- Déchirements - 2017[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Luc Perreault, "Raymonde Provencher: haro sur un crime de guerre". La Presse, December 7, 2002.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "War Babies / Raymonde Provencher : Mère courage". Voir, December 5, 2002.
- ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "How girls become 'killing machines'". Montreal Gazette, February 11, 2011.
- ^ Odile Tremblay, "Histoire d'horreurs". Le Devoir, December 7, 2002.
- ^ "Hot Docs festival hands out 12 awards". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2003.
- ^ Gaetan Charlebois, "A prize gala weekend". Montreal Gazette, November 24, 2003.
- ^ Frederick Blichert, "Hot Docs to Focus On the work of Raymonde Provencher". Playback, January 21, 2020.
- ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Hot Docs festival to launch online version with more than 135 films". Canadian Press, May 5, 2020.
- ^ Judy Wolfe, "Raymonde Provencher Tells Stories that Need to Be Told". Point of View, April 21, 2022.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Documentary probes the rise of 'honour' crimes". Montreal Gazette, May 11, 2012.
- ^ Danièle L. Gauthier, "Jeunes Algeriens transis de desirs et freines par une religion restrictive". Canadian Press, May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Les mariages forcés au Québec, un phénomène sous-rapporté". Ici Radio-Canada Première, October 19, 2017.
External links[edit]
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- Film directors from Montreal
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