Rise

  • Rise
Genre : Experimental
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2019
Format : Short
Running time : 20 (in minutes)

In the underground spaces of Toronto, a group of poets, rappers, singers and musicians negotiate their status as second-generation Torontonians as well as settlers living on borrowed indigenous land. Operatic in nature, this experimental documentary looks at rhythm and poetry as forms of creative labour that constitute mixed-cultural dialogue.




Director
Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin De Burca
Production
Dora Amorim (Ponte Produtoras Associadas)
Script
Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin De Burca
Camera
Pedro Sotero
Sound designer
Nicolau Domingues
Music
Nate Smith
Editing
Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin De Burca
Cast
Kevin Brathwaite, Duke Redbird, Laurette Jack-Ogbonna, Linell "ES-EF" Roy

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  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
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  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
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  • Rwanda : Positive Production
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  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
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