ScaredSacred
2006
DVD
Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper sets out on a unique pilgrimage. Visiting the 'Ground Zeros' of the planet, he asks if it's possible to find hope in the darkest moments of human history. He explores the relation between suffering and the sacred. This powerful documentary deftly weaves together stunning footage with haunting memories, inspirational stories, and an evocative soundscape.
Item Details
Description:
- 1 videodisc (104:53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 12 cm
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
Target Audience Note: CHVR: 14A.
Other Title: Scared sacred [DVD]
Notes:
- Special features: guided meditation, director's Q&A, panel discussions, interactive map of locations, director's commentary, photo gallery, theatrical trailer, users' guide.
- Originally broadcast on television in 2005.
- Producers, Cari Green and Harry Sutherland of Producers on Davie Pictures Inc., and Tracey Friesen of the National Film Board of Canada ; executive producers, Rina Fraticelli, Alberta Nokes ; cinematography, Velcrow Ripper ; editor, Velcrow Ripper.
- DVD, Dolby digital.
- English and French.
- Best documentary, Whistler International Film Festival ; special Jury Award, Toronto International Film Festival ; Canada's Top Ten 2004, Toronto International Film Festival Group ; Best film, New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- DVD212
- DVDF212
Control Number: 528396
Publisher: [Toronto, Ont.] : Distributed by Mongrel Media, [2006]Subjects:
- Arab-Israeli conflict -- Personal narratives.
- Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984 -- Personal narratives.
- Cambodia -- History -- Civil War, 1970-1975 -- Personal narratives.
- Crises -- Psychological aspects.
- Crises -- Social aspects.
- Disasters -- Case studies.
- Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives.
- Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Personal narratives.
- Resilience (Personality trait)
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal narratives.
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Personal narratives.
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