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Deepa Mehta occupies a unique place within the Canadian film industry. One of the few filmmakers to have a truly international outlook, Mehta has shot and set films in both Canada and India. In “Deepa Mehta as Transnational Filmmaker, or You Can’t Go Home Again,” from North of Everything (2002), one of the most comprehensive articles on her career, Jacqueline Levitin calls Mehta a “transnational” filmmaker.
Deepa Mehta. With her epic trilogy of films named after the elemental forces of Fire, Earth, and Water, Indian-Canadian director Deepa Mehta (born 1950) vaulted to the first rank of artists concerned with the status of women, as traditional roles collided with the forces of the contemporary world. Exploring the experiences of women in her ...
We are honoured to have Deepa Mehta as our 2024 Canadian Masters guest artist. Come and hear Deepa Mehta discuss her extensive career, her remarkable and award-winning films, her approach to filmmaking, and her experiences in a career that has spanned many decades making feature drama, documentary, and series television in Canada and abroad.
May 26, 2006 · Water: Directed by Deepa Mehta. With Sarala Kariyawasam, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe. Set in colonial India against Gandhi's rise to power, it's the story of 8-year-old Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to a home to live in penitence; once there, Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents.
Hamilton Mehta Productions is a Toronto-based Production Company co-founded in 1996 by internationally acclaimed director Deepa Mehta & Producer David Hamilton CurRent Deepa Mehta's latest film Beeba Boys is premiering in a Gala Presentation at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival .
Jan 3, 2023 · IMDb. Among Deepa's latest works, is a 2016 documentary -fiction film called Anatomy of Violence, focusing on the notorious gang rape and murder of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh on a bus in New Delhi back in 2012 in which Instead of dwelling on the crime itself, the director explores the lives of the rapists; ultimately asking what it was that led ...
Aug 16, 2022 · Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts The adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel ‘Ice Candy Man’ stars Aamir Khan, Nandita Das and ...
