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From Sherbrooke to Brooks

Roger Parent
2016 | 67 min 12 s

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Angèle Juma - Mother / Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) / Lives in Sherbrooke, Québec

Désiré Kiana / Executive Secretary, Francophone Association of Brooks /  Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) / Lives in Brooks, Alberta

Éstela Kasaba / Student / Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) / Lives in Brooks, Alberta

Jean Mwembo Kazadi / Employee of JBS Foods / Country of origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) / Lives in Brooks, Alberta


Route from Sherbrooke to Brooks


Family of Éstela Kasaba, Brooks, AB

Désiré Kiana, Éstela Kasaba

Marie-Claude / Seasonal field worker having studied in Hotel Management – Lives in Sherbrooke (from Cameroon)

Brooks Meat Plant

Félicia / Agricultural worker from Cameroon living in Sherbrooke

Arrival at Brooks

Désiré and Mayor of Brooks at welcoming meeting

Francophone School of Brooks

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Team


Roger Parent
Director


Photo
Photo : Amélie Beauchamp




Dominic Desjardins
Producer (NFB)


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Credits

A film directed by
Roger Parent

Produced by
Dominic Desjardins

From Sherbrooke to Brooks
Inside a Migration Corridor

End Credits

Participants

Angèle Juma and her family
Désiré Kiana
Estela Kasaba and her family
Jean Kazadi

Written and Directed by
Roger Parent

Script Consultant
Paulin Mulatris

Camera
James Gray
René Collins
Richard Tremblay

Location Sound
Pierre Bouchard
Ron Osiowy

Editing
Annie Jean

Original Music
Marc Beaulieu
Estelle Lavoie

Research
Paulin Mulatris

Archival Research
Doris Lapierre

Production Manager
Valérie Lavoie
Marie-France Guerrette

Assistant Editor
Joëlle Arseneau

Sound Editing
Daniel Toussaint

Assistant Sound Editing
Francis Gauthier

Foley
Lise Wedlock

Foley Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell

Musicians
Marc Beaulieu, Lead, Keyboard and Guitar
Estelle Lavoie, Guitar and Kora
Diely Mori Tounkara, Guitar and Kora
Salif Sanou, Flute
Sadio Sissokho, Percussions
Jeff Smallwood, Drums

Original Songs
“Prologue et Titres”
Music by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Bibish Mumbu and Papy Mbwiti, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA)

“I Fan Lon”
Music by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Sadio Sissokho, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA)

“Congo Mani”
Music by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Bibish Mumbu and Papy Mbwiti, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA)

“Arrivés à Brooks”
Traditional music, Composing by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Bibish Mumbu and Papy Mbwiti, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA), Backing vocals by Estelle Lavoie (UDA) and Marc Beaulieu (UDA)

“Épilogue”
Music by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Bibish Mumbu, Papy Mbwiti and Sadio Sissokho, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA)

“Prière pour la paix”
Music by Marc Beaulieu and Estelle Lavoie, Lyrics by Bibish Mumbu, Papy Mbwiti and Sadio Sissokho, Vocals by Sadio Sissokho (UDA)

Original soundtrack
© 2016 National Film Board of Canada (SOCAN)

Additional music

Improvisation by Simon Buakasa
Vocals by Gloria Mukadi, Nathalie Kitalebe, Charline Biniwa, Omer Tshilumba, and Simon Buakasa

Online Editing
Serge Verreault

Infographics and Titles
Mélanie Bouchard

Sound Mixing
Serge Boivin

Archives

Sources: Archives de Radio-Canada
National Film Board of Canada
Personal photographs of Angèle Juma, Désiré Kiana and Kagayo Kasaba

Studio Team

Marketing Manager
Geneviève Bérard

Administrator
Geneviève Duguay

Studio Manager
Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo

Production Coordinator
Laura Bergeron

Technical Coordinators
Daniel Claveau
Mira Mailhot

Technical Support
Pierre Dupont
Marcus Matyas
Isabelle Painchaud
Patrick Trahan

Legal Counsel
Peter Kallianotis

Executive Producer
Dominic Desjardins

 

Produced by
The National Film Board of Canada
Canadian Francophonie Studio

In collaboration with
UNIS TV

Anthony Cauchy – Manager, Original Productions

Pierre Gang – Head of Programing

UNIS.CA

 

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