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Breaking Ranks
200655 min 30 secFilm: Documentaire
Réalisation: Michelle Mason
Production: Trish Dolman (Screen Siren Pictures Inc.)Leah MallenTracey Friesen (National Film Board of Canada)Rina Fraticelli
Scénarisation: Michelle MasonSiobhan Flanagan
A Screen Siren Pictures production in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada for Global Television; produced in association with Cypress Park Productions; with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry CTF: Licence Fee Program; with the assistance of the Government of Canada Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program; the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC.; in association with Knowledge Network; developed with the participation of British Columbia Film, the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund and with the financial participation of Rogers Telefund.
Breaking Ranks is a moving documentary about the plight of four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq. With intimate access to four American military deserters, their lawyers and families, this film documents their experiences as they try to exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and international consequences.
If deported, they face the venom of mainstream American opinion and one to five years in prison. If Canada instead follows the legacy established by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during the Vietnam War, when Canada welcomed tens of thousands of war resisters, there may well be an unprecedented crisis in U.S.-Canadian relations.
The emotional core of Breaking Ranks is formed by candid interviews with the four young men as they take on their journeys from the moment of recruitment to the momentous decision to desert. Filmed over the course of the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty as these young soldiers share their personal stories of moral awakening and the burden that it brings.
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Catégories de sujets
- Conflits, Guerres et Paix > Relations canado-américainesJeunesse en temps de guerre
- Politique et Gouvernement > Relations internationales
Générique
- écriture
- Michelle Mason
- réalisateur
- Michelle Mason
- producteur
- Trish Dolman
- Leah Mallen
- Tracey Friesen
- monteur
- Mandy Leith
- composition
- Peter Allen
- responsable de la production
- Michael Ghent
- producteur exécutif
- Rina Fraticelli
- producteur associé
- Lauren Grant
- Karina O'Sullivan
- montage additionnel
- Brendan Woollard
- opérateur de caméra
- Brian Johnson
- Todd Craddock
- Kevin Keating
- John Badcock
- John Westheuser
- Jim Aquila
- Glenn Taylor
- Alan Stewart
- Nash Stevanovic
- Winston Upshall
- Jonathan Benny
- Laurie Long
- Mark Poirier
- photographie de plateau
- Holly Birch
- prise de son
- Doug Kaye
- Brent Calkin
- Brooke Thomson
- Peter Jones
- gérant de production
- Marie Wrede
- supervision de la postproduction
- Janet Kendrick
- coordonnateur postproduction
- Lauren Grant
- Karina O'Sullivan
- chef scénariste
- Siobhan Flanagan
- conseiller à la production
- Jeff Schutts
- consultant en recherche
- Isaac Romano
- assistant monteur
- Jeremy Lutter
- Colleen Smith
- titres
- Mike Bernard
- graphiques
- Mike Bernard
- monteur en ligne
- Sevé Schelenz
- sous-titres pour malentendants
- Line 21 Media Services Inc.
- montage son
- Jeff Caines
- Scott Benson
- assistant monteur sonore
- Chris Fairfield
- Nacime Goian
- mixeur du repiquage
- Miguel Nunes
- comptable de production
- Steven Thibault
- comptabilité
- Meiling Guo
- recherche de titres
- Dennis Angel Law Offices
- assurances
- David Hamilton
- Bob Adams