Reema, There and Back

With a Canadian mother, who until recently was the only family she knew, and an Iraqi father who wants to get to know his daughter after a 16-year absence, young Reema is confronted with difficult questions about her identity. During Reema's two-month visit with her father in Jordan, director P...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Film Board of Canada
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2006.
Series:National Film Board Screening Room
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:With a Canadian mother, who until recently was the only family she knew, and an Iraqi father who wants to get to know his daughter after a 16-year absence, young Reema is confronted with difficult questions about her identity. During Reema's two-month visit with her father in Jordan, director Paul Émile d'Entremont adopts the point of view of this sensitive and lively young girl who exhibits all the contradictions typical of someone her age. When Reema returns home to Nova Scotia after a visit with her father, she realizes that she will always have a double identity, and that it is both a burden and a treasure. In French and English with subtitles.
Item Description:Acadia.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, stereo, sound, color
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience:14-17.
CHV rating: 14A.
Production Credits:Participation, Reema Al-Khoja, Elizabeth Stuart, Tamara Al-Khoja, Ali Al-Khoja, Samia Al-Khoja, Sami Al-Khoja, Saadoun Al-Khoja, Difaf Al-Khoja ; executive producer/producer, Jacques Turgeon ; research/script/direction, Paul Émile d'Entremont ; cinematography, Ali Reggab ; sound recording, Georges Hannan, Bruce LaPointe ; editing, Patricia Tassinari ; sound editing, Esther Auger ; mixing, Shelley Craig ; original music, Daniel Toussaint ; sound effects, Stéphane Cadotte.