Mending a Crack in the Sky

  • Mending a Crack in the Sky
Genre : Biography
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Feature
Running time : 9 (in minutes)
http://www.citizenminutes.ca/mending-a-crack-in-the-sky

Shamso Mohamoud and Shamso Elmi both lost their sons to violence and watched their alleged killers walk free without so much as a legal prosecution. Now, the two Somali-Canadian mothers have organized a group'Mending a Crack in the Sky' to collectively combat gun violence and hardship while facing cultural and racial barriers.

a film by Roble ISSA, Zach JAMA

Canada, 2021, Documentary, 9 mins

Type: Short Documentary
Genre: Portrait
Country of Origin: Canada
Runtime: 8:53 (circa 9 mins)
Color: Color
Filming Locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Produced by
Lauren Grant... producer
Lisa Jackson... producer

Directed by
Roble Issa
Zach Jama

Screenwriters
Roble Issa
Zach Jama

Cinematography by
Alex Tse

Sound recordist
Jason Milligan

Music by
Ben Fox

Editor:
Lawrence Jackman

Production Manager
Lora Campbell

Sound effects editor
Olivia Kolakowski

Additional Cinematography
Roble Issa

Still photographer
Mai Ismail

Assistant editor
Zach Jama

Creative consultant
Lori Lozinski

Special thanks
Boris Shvarts

PRODUCTION
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival


WEB
* www.citizenminutes.ca/mending-a-crack-in-the-sky
* www.imdb.com/title/tt14562916/
* https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=141858~367cbc04-eb03-453a-90f8-88ca48c4cf79&epguid=9759e3f1-085c-4e15-88c2-e02a8ee1f1d1


FESTIVALS / AWARDS
* World Premiere: 29 April 2021 /// Hot Docs International Documentary Festival (Canada, 2021)
* Selection /// iREP international Documentary Film Festival 2022 (Lagos, Nigeria, 2022)

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

With the support of