Tahani Rached (partial data)

Countries: Canada / Egypt
Born: 1947

Films directed by Tahani Rached

Pour faire changement (1974)
Visite d'Agostino Neto (1974)
C'est pas un cadeau! (1975)
Leur crise, on la paye pas (1976) (also known as: "Their Crisis, Not at Our Expense")
Les frères ennemis (1979)
Les voleurs de job (1980) (also known as: "Where Dollars Grow on Trees")
La phonie furieuse (1982)
Beyrouth! « À défaut d'être mort » (1983) (also known as: "Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round")
Haïti (Québec) (1985)
Bam Pay A! - Rends-moi mon pays! (1986)
Haïti, Nous là! Nou la! (1987)
Au chic Resto Pop (1990)
Médecins de coeur (1993) (also known as: "Doctors with Heart")
Quatre femmes d'Égypte (1997) (also known as: "Four Women of Egypt")
Urgence! Deuxième souffle (1999)
À travers chants (2001) (also known as: "For a Song")
Soraida, une femme de Palestine (2004) (also known as: "Soraida, a Woman of Palestine")
El-banate dol (2006) (also known as: "As Meninas do Cairo", "Ces filles-là", "These Girls")
Giran (2009)

Quote by Tahani Rached

"I'm always very reticent about answers. The film has to raise questions and to raise discussion in one's mind at least, if not within a group. I think that reality is very complex and many questions arise. It's not so easy. Whenever you come up with a straight answer, many people won't be at all interested in listening to you, because they already know whatever it is you will say at the end. I would rather do films that raise questions than bring answers."
-- Tahani Rached (source)

Quotes by Tahani Rached [in French]

"À l'ONF, je jouis d'une liberté extraordinaire, dont celle de prendre le temps qu'il faut pour écouter, pour réfléchir. Le temps est un luxe aujourd'hui."
-- Tahani Rached (source)

"Lorsque je commence à faire un film, le sujet et les personnages me prennent par la main. J'ai fait ma recherche et je sais où je m'en vais, mais à un moment donné il me faut lâcher prise afin qu'eux me prennent, m'emmènent, me bouleversent, me remettent en question. Il ne faut pas enfermer les personnages dans le film, mais au contraire les laisser libres pour voir jusqu'où ils peuvent m'emmener."
-- Tahani Rached (source)

Quote about Tahani Rached

"Despite the time it takes to make them, her films always seem to emerge just as an issue is reaching wide public consciousness. Poverty, racism, homelessness, immigration, war and exile, healthcare, AIDS; urgency and timeliness are what really define Tahani Rached's oeuvre."
-- Jocelyne Clarke (source)

Quote about Tahani Rached [in French]

"Quand elle a quitté le Québec, après avoir été renvoyée de l'ONF, en 2004, Tahani Rached pensait laisser le cinéma de côté. Peine perdue : moins de deux ans après son retour au Caire, le film [El-banate dol] était projeté, hors compétition, à Cannes."
-- Anabelle Nicoud (source)

For QUOTES about a specific film by Tahani Rached, please see: Beyrouth! « À défaut d'être mort » Au chic Resto Pop Soraida, une femme de Palestine El-banate dol

Notes about Tahani Rached

Born in Cairo.
Immigrated to Canada in 1966.
Worked for the National Film Board of Canada from 1981 until 2004.

(sources)

Bibliography for Tahani Rached

Section 1: Publications by Tahani Rached

Rached, Tahani. "Carte blanche à Tahani Rached." Séquences, January-February 1995. [in French]
Rached, Tahani. "La découverte au bout du chemin." 24 Images, March-April 2009. [in French]
Rached, Tahani. "Haiti-Québec. Une mise au point de la réalisatrice." Copie Zéro, September 1986. [in French]

Section 2: Publications about Tahani Rached

Book Chapters

Doyle, Judith. "Tahani Rached." Interview with Tahani Rached. In In a Different Voice: Conversations with Women Artists and Filmmakers, 4-7. Toronto: Funnel Experimental Film Theatre, 1986. [exhibition catalogue]

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Clarke, Jocelyne. "Pulse of the World: The Timeless Films of Tahani Rached." Point of View: POV, no. 78, Summer 2010.
Euvrard, Michel. "Les cinéastes néo-québécois." CinémAction, July 1990. [in French]
Gauthier, Jean-Louis. "'Immigré' une marque indélébile?" Châtelaine, November 1980. [in French]
Lauzon, Johanne. "Tahani Rached : Un engagement dans la sincerité." Femmes d'action, November-January 1993. [in French]
Monette, P. "Chahine : Un sociologue amoureux. Entrevue avec Tahani Rached." Interview with Tahani Rached. Dérives, vol. 43, 1984. [in French]

Section 3: Publications about the Films of Tahani Rached

Les voleurs de job (1980) (also known as: "Where Dollars Grow on Trees")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Bosséno, Christian-Marc. "'Les voleurs de jobs' : Libano-égyptienne au Québec." Interview with Tahani Rached. CinémAction, January 1983. [in French]
Schupp, Patrick. "Cinéma canadien." Review of Les voleurs de job. Séquences, October 1980. [in French]

Beyrouth! « À défaut d'être mort » (1983) (also known as: "Beirut! Not Enough Death to Go Round")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Euvrard, Michel. "Du documentaire au film-essai." Copie Zéro, no. 30, December 1986. [in French]

Haïti (Québec) (1985)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Rached, Tahani. "Haiti-Québec. Une mise au point de la réalisatrice." Copie Zéro, September 1986. [in French]
Samuel, J. "Haiti-Québec." Review of Haïti (Québec). Cinema Canada, December 1986.

Bam Pay A! - Rends-moi mon pays! (1986)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Kearns, Patricia. "Rends-moi mon pays." Review of Bam Pay A! - Rends-moi mon pays!. Cinema Canada, June 1987.

Haïti, Nous là! Nou la! (1987)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Leduc, Jacques. "Barreau de chaise 8 (mémoires)." 24 Images, Summer 2003. [in French]

Au chic Resto Pop (1990)

Journal Articles

Sanaker, John Kristian. "Au chic Resto Pop : le direct émancipateur." University of Toronto Quarterly 63, no. 4 (Summer 1994): 638-647. [in French]

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Beauchamp, Michel, and Richard Grugeau. "Points de vue." Review of Au chic Resto Pop. 24 Images, November-December 1990. [in French]
Bérubé, Robert-Claude. "Au chic Resto Pop." Review of Au chic Resto Pop. Séquences, November 1990. [in French]
Carrière, Louise. "Une culture cinématographique dépoussiérée." Review of Au chic Resto Pop. Ciné-Bulles, December-February 1990-1991. [in French]
Côté, Mario, Marco de Blois, and Michel Euvrard. "Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 1991." Interview with Tahani Rached. 24 Images, Spring 1991. [in French]
Euvrard, Michel. "Le resto du coeur." Interview with Tahani Rached. 24 Images, Spring 1991. [in French]
Grugeau, Gérard. "Oyez, oyez, braves gens!" Review of Au chic Resto Pop. 24 Images, November-December 1990. [in French]
Variety. "Au chic Resto Pop." Review of Au chic Resto Pop. Variety, October 1, 1990.

Médecins de coeur (1993) (also known as: "Doctors with Heart")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Dussault, Serge. "Tahani Rached : Cinéaste de coeur...." Interview with Tahani Rached. La Presse, October 30, 1993. [in French]
Lavoie, André Lavoie. "'Tous mes films sont des histoires d'amour'." Interview with Tahani Rached. Ciné-Bulles, Autumn 1993. [in French]

Quatre femmes d'Égypte (1997) (also known as: "Four Women of Egypt")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Desjardins, Denis. "Quatre femmes d'Égypte : Femmes du Caire, femmes de coeur." Review of Quatre femmes d'Égypte. Séquences, January-February 1998. [in French]

Urgence! Deuxième souffle (1999)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Lavoie, André. "Infirmières au bord de la crise de nerfs." Review of Urgence! Deuxième souffle. Ciné-Bulles, Summer 1999. [in French]

À travers chants (2001) (also known as: "For a Song")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Tremblay, Odile. "Pour la beauté de la chose : Après plusieurs films sur les milieux défavorisés, Tahani Rached signe un documentaire sur... l'Ensemble vocal d'Outremont." Le Devoir, November 24, 2001. [in French]

Soraida, une femme de Palestine (2004) (also known as: "Soraida, a Woman of Palestine")

Journal Articles

Elia, Nada. "Film Reviews: This is Not Living; Women in Struggle; Soraida, a Woman of Palestine." Review of El-banate dol. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 2, no. 3 (Autumn 2006): 125-130.
Lattouf, Mirna. "Soraida." Review of Soraida, une femme de Palestine. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin 41, no. 1 (June 2007): 74-75.

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Bilodeau, Martin. "Des hurlements dans un désert d'impuissance." Review of Soraida, une femme de Palestine. Le Devoir, December 18, 2004. [in French]
Bilodeau, Martin. "La réalisation d'un grand rêve : Pour Tahani Rached, Soraida, une femme de Palestine marque aussi la fin d'une époque." Interview with Tahani Rached. Le Devoir, December 11, 2004. [in French]
Grugeau, Gérard. "État de siège." Review of Soraida, une femme de Palestine. 24 Images, October-November 2004. [in French]
Khan, Jooneed. "Tahani Rached au sommet de son art." La Presse, December 18, 2004. [in French]
Leduc, Jacques. "Barreau de chaise 13." 24 Images, September 2005. [in French]

El-banate dol (2006) (also known as: "As Meninas do Cairo", "Ces filles-là", "These Girls")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Grugeau, Gérard. "La vie sourde et têtue." Review of El-banate dol. 24 Images, October-November 2006. [in French]
Lequeret, Elisabeth. "Moi, les filles." Les Cahiers du cinéma, June 2006. [in French]
Nicoud, Anabelle. "Festival du nouveau cinéma : Tahani Rached; la caméra au coeur." La Presse, October 20, 2006. [in French]
Nicoud, Anabelle. "Quatre filles d'Égypte." Review of El-banate dol. La Presse, January 13, 2007. [in French]
Tremblay, Odile. "Bouleversante chronique de ruelle." Review of El-banate dol. Le Devoir, January 13, 2007. [in French]
Weissberg, Jay. "These Girls (El-banate dol)." Review of El-banate dol. Variety, June 5, 2006.

Dissertation Chapters

Rauf, Ginan. "Wild Cosmopolitanism in the Streets of Cairo: Those Girls." In "Cities of Hope and Despair: Reimagining Cosmopolitanism," 225-269. PhD diss., Harvard University, 2009.

Giran (2009)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Weissberg, Jay. "Neighbors." Review of Giran. Variety, November 16, 2009.

Archival Collections

These archival institutions have holdings related to Tahani Rached or her films:

Cinemathèque québécoise (Montréal, Québec)
Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa, Ontario)