Silence Is Gold
| Silence Is Gold | |
|---|---|
| French | Le Prix des mots |
| Directed by | Julien Fréchette |
| Written by | Julien Fréchette |
| Produced by | Jean Simon Chartier Colette Loumède |
| Starring | Alain Deneault |
| Cinematography | Étienne Boilard |
| Edited by | Andrea Henriquez |
| Music by | Zoé Dumais Dany Nicolas |
Production companies | MC2 Communication National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributed by | TV5 Québec Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Silence Is Gold (French: Le Prix des mots) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Julien Fréchette and released in 2012.[1] The film profiles writer Alain Deneault, who had to battle a SLAPP suit after the publication of his 2008 book Noir Canada: Pillage, corruption et criminalité en Afrique, about the activities of Canadian mining companies in Africa.[2]
The film premiered at the 2012 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[1] before going into wider release in February 2013.[3]
Awards
[edit]At RIDM, the film received an honorable mention from the Magnus Isacsson Award jury.[4]
The film received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b André Duchesne, "Julien Fréchette : les mots dits". La Presse, November 9, 2012.
- ^ Mathieu Li-Goyette, "Prix des mots, Le (2013): Julien Fréchette". Panorama Cinéma, February 8, 2013.
- ^ "Le documentaire sur l'affaire Noir Canada sort aujourd'hui". Ici Radio-Canada, February 8, 2013.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Ma vie réelle récompensé aux RIDM". La Presse, November 18, 2012.
- ^ Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014.
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