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Record information – Brief Unmapping Desire
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1999Item number (ISN):329677Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:JAMES, SheilaAccession:2001-0179Media:VideoOriginal title:Unmapping DesirePart:1 of 1Production date:1999Release date:1999Production company:Sheila James (Director)Production credit:director/scenario/editing/music, Sheila James; photography, Eileen Kage; Melina Young; lighting, Lorelie Cabael; production assistance, Da Choong; Zara Suleman; Abha Kumar; poet, Asad Turabi; mentor, Winston XinCast credit:Brinda Sarathy; Shaleena TheophilusDescription:An experimental video / poem carrying the theme of separation, political borders and social boundaries which prevent women from loving women. The piece features poignant performances by Brinda Sarathy and Shaleena Theophilus who play lovers kept apart by Canada's immigration policies. One woman has a map painted on her body in which Canada is fused with India illustrating her history "born in the South, raised in the North." The other has rejection stamps tattooed onto her body reflecting the personal and invasive effect of the North's domination over the South "dictating who, where and how we love".~Set to evocative images and music, the poem unfolds charting the journey of these two women and their victory through imagining "borderless countries in a countryless world". <6mn 51s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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