Jean Derome Movies

  • 1990
    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

    Step Across the Border

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    An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

    Step Across the Border
  • 1989
    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth

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    This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his...

    Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
  • 1989
    Lessons on Life

    Lessons on Life

    Lessons on Life

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    A day in the life of a Quebec magazine writer - his fortieth birthday - from his dream before waking to his last act before sleeping. He looks back...

    Lessons on Life
  • 2006
    From My Window, Without a Home

    From My Window, Without a Home

    From My Window, Without a Home

    62006HD

    After abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana cuts every link to her Lebanese ties and never looks...

    From My Window, Without a Home
  • 2004
    Accordion

    Accordion

    Accordion

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    Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology.

    Accordion
  • 2004
    Soraida, a Woman of Palestine

    Soraida, a Woman of Palestine

    Soraida, a Woman of Palestine

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    Soraïda is a Palestinian woman living in Ramallah, in the occupied territories. In this city under siege and a strict curfew, she fights her own...

    Soraida, a Woman of Palestine
  • 1997
    Four Women of Egypt

    Four Women of Egypt

    Four Women of Egypt

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    Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one another's perspectives and argue openly, without...

    Four Women of Egypt
  • 2010
    Children of Soldiers

    Children of Soldiers

    Children of Soldiers

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    In this documentary shot at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa during a troop deployment to Afghanistan, children and teens talk about the particular...

    Children of Soldiers
  • 2009
    A Monk's Secret

    A Monk's Secret

    A Monk's Secret

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    This short documentary tells the story of a cheese—the famous Oka—and of the monks who make it. The Trappists in Oka, Quebec, began...

    A Monk's Secret
  • 2006
    Here and There

    Here and There

    Here and There

    72006HD

    In this animated short, filmmaker Diane Obomsawin shows how childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you're bouncing back and forth between two...

    Here and There