| Your Country, My Country | |
|---|---|
| French | Dans ton pays... |
| Directed by | Marquise Lepage |
| Written by | Marquise Lepage |
| Produced by | Jacques Vallée Monique Létourneau |
| Starring | Laurent Faubert-Bouvier Fatuma Kayembe Louise Richer Olivier Savoie-Mainguy |
| Cinematography | Jean-Pierre Lachapelle |
| Edited by | France Pilon |
| Music by | Jean Derome Robert Marcel Lepage |
| Production company | National Film Board of Canada |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French English |
Your Country, My Country (French: Dans ton pays...) is a Canadian drama short film, directed by Marquise Lepage and released in 1993. An examination of racism, the film centres on two classmates, a white Canadian boy (Laurent Faubert-Bouvier) and a Black Canadian girl (Fatuma Kayembe), who are drawn into conflict when the boy wrongly assumes that the girl's different physical appearance means she must have been born in a foreign country, but who are ultimately able to get past the initial misunderstanding and begin building a friendship when they discover that they have a lot in common.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 14th Genie Awards.
References
- "Your Country My Country". Canadian Materials for Schools and Libraries, Vol. 22, Iss. 5 (October 1994), p. 194.
- "Film centre grads making their mark". Toronto Star, December 24, 1993.
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