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Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

Item number (ISN):

429703

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2007

Item number (ISN):

429703

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND

Accession:

2008-0076

Media:

Video

Original title:

Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2007

Production company:

CBC Broadcast Version
Tremer Productions Ltd.

Production credit:

director/producer/script, Ted Remerowski; photography, Bill Metcalfe; editing, Alan D. Gibb; sound, David Draper; sound editing, Jakob Thiesen; music, Russell Walker; narrator, Ann-Marie MacDonald; associate producer/production manager, Fraser Steele; research, Nicola Pulling; Robert Prowse

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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DUBAI: MIRACLE OR MIRAGE? is a one-hour documentary that examines one the world's most fascinating and fastest developing city-states. Surrounded by war zones, Dubai remains blissfully peaceful. This state which is smaller than the province of Prince Edward Island has become home to superlatives - the biggest building, the largest airport, the tallest hotel, the richest horse race are all situated in Dubai. Forty years ago it was a sleepy backwater, now it is a magnet for the young and ambitious from around the world. But this meteoric expansion comes at a price. To accommodate the tsunami of foreigners known as expats, Dubai, a Muslim state, turns a blind eye to some of these visitors' excesses, often to the great displeasure of the locals known as Emirati. This massive influx of expats which includes hundreds of thousands of indentured labourers from South Asia is crucial if Dubai Inc. is to reach its goal of becoming an economic and tourist powerhouse. It's also led to an extraordinary phenomenon. Emiratis are now a minority in their own land. We meet some of these Emirati both young and old and some of the expats including a number of Canadians, as they work and play in this unreal world of Dubai. <51mn 16s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced with the participation of Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada (Telefilm Canada : Equity Investment Program) and the Canadian Cable Industry (CTF : License Fee Program); The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; Ontario Media Development Corporation - Ontario Film and Television Tax Credits; and Rogers Telefund.~2. Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.~3. DVD and BetaCam (x2) copies received; BetaCam= Ch 1&2: Full Stereo Mix.~4. Synopsis from CBC Doc Zone website - http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/dubai.html

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

528238

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6444AV

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

51:16

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

528240

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6446AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

51:16

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

916461

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

6445AV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

51:16

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1151122

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

429703.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

6444AV

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1151123

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

429703.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

6444AV

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Tremer Productions Ltd., 2007.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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