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Canada 2001 / Video / Color / 100 min. | |||
With countless people fleeing their homelands to seek a better life, exile has become one of the most common experiences of the last century, In MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE, John Paskievich delves into the effects of exile and memory on the human spirit, using his own experiences as a child of refugees as a starting point. Almost 50 years after Paskievich's family left Ukraine to find freedom in Canada, the Winnipeg filmmaker attempts to reconcile his lifelong feeling of being caught between two cultures. He brings to light the humour, anger, joy and complexity of living between borders -- obliged on the one hand to preserve the memories and traditions of his parents, and needing on the other hand to establish his own roots in a new country. |
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| Phot.: John Paskievich, Linda Danchak. Ed.: K. George Godwin, John Paskievich. Mus.: Julian Kytasti, Richard Moody. Prod.: Joe McDonald, Office national du film du Canada, 3155, C�te de Liesse, Saint-Laurent, Qu�bec H4N 2N4 (Canada), t�l.: (514) 283-9805/06, fax: (514) 496-1895, e-mail: [email protected]. Sales: Office national du film du Canada, 3155, C�te de Liesse, Saint-Laurent, Qu�bec H4N 2N4 (Canada), t�l.: (514) 283-9438, fax: (514) 496-1895, e-mail: [email protected]. Canadian Distributor: Office national du film du Canada. | |||
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John Paskievich Born in Austria, John Paskievich came to Canada with his family at the age of five. He studied at the University of Winnipeg and Ryerson Polytechnic in Toronto. His work as a photographer has been published in four books and has been exhibited at galleries across Canada. His filmography includes: Ted Baryluk's Grocery (1982), The Old Believers (1988), The Price of Daily Bread (1985), The Actor (1990), Sedna: Making of a Myth (1992), If I Only Were Indian (1996) and THE GYPSIES OF SVINIA, which was shown at the 1998 Montreal World Film Festival. |