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Becoming Labrador (2019)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 10M

Director : Tamara Segura, Rohan Fernando, Justin Simms

Synopsis

In the stark Labrador interior, a growing number of Filipino workers have recently landed in the small regional hub of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, travelling halfway around the world for jobs they hope will offer their families new opportunities and a better life. Becoming Labrador follows a handful of those women and men as they make a place for themselves in Labrador's profoundly foreign climate and culture, and deal with the unexpected costs of living far from parents, partners and children. Combining documentary footage with interpretive animation, and bringing together the vision of three of Canada's best young directors, Becoming Labrador is a remarkable feat of collaborative authorship. It offers an intimate account of the radical mobility and displacement of the modern world, and of how tenaciously people hold to their roots in the midst of fundamental change.

Actors

Crews

Tamara Segura
Tamara Segura
Director
Rohan Fernando
Rohan Fernando
Director
Justin Simms
Justin Simms
Director
Michael Crummey
Michael Crummey
Writer
Justin Simms
Justin Simms
Cinematography
Rohan Fernando
Rohan Fernando
Producer
Hannele Halm
Hannele Halm
Editor
Fred Casia
Fred Casia
Animation
Asif Ilyas
Asif Ilyas
Music
Mélanie Gauthier
Mélanie Gauthier
Sound Designer