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Village mosaïque Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal

Directed by Lucie Lachapelle
Canada, 1996 (documentary, 50 minutes, colour, English / French)
Also known as "Mosaic Village"
Village mosaïque Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada)
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"A neighbourhood at the word's epicentre. Unforgettable faces. We're in Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal's most cosmopolitan borough, where 75 ethnic groups live side by side. Not long ago, it was a village. Today, it's a small universe. Words and glances, sounds and colours swirl at a dizzying pace—the neighbourhood's pulse. But the human diversity here, combined with the economic crisis, leads to tensions. Some women manage to overcome them and thrive through their contact with a society that considers them equal to men. One day, Lucie Lachapelle began knocking on the doors that isolated her from her neighbours to make a dense and vibrant film about freedom and being uprooted. A sensitively crafted film set to urban music composed by Montreal jazz artist Harold Faustin."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Lucie Lachapelle
Produced by: Josée Beaudet, Joanne Carrière
Narrator: Danielle Proulx
Cinematography: André-Luc Dupont
Film Editing: Teresa de Luca
Music: Harold Faustin
Production Company: Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada
(sources)

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