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"[Michka] Saäl passed away last year [in 2017], and never received the recognition at home or abroad that her talent merited. Her work addressed issues of race and exile and examined those forced into invisibility on the margins. 'She really was an unfortunately overlooked director,' wrote Charlotte Selb in suggesting Saäl for Redux [at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]. 'As a woman, an immigrant and just somebody who wasn't much of a festival politician, she wasn't always getting the recognition she deserved.' As is the aim of Redux, we hope this spotlight on Saäl will bring her to new audiences, as her films continue to reverberate with meaning in our present moment."
-- Kiva Reardon

Source:
"Hot Docs." Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. http://www.hotdocs.ca/.