nsi-canada
Short movies:go kill yourself
do not bend
Please to meet you
last stop for miles
miranda and gordon [this tugged at my heart and made me cry]
cartoon "by the rapids" [Kahnawake] created by Joseph (Dega) Lazare. Esther Sky his mom! Mohawk.
about: A comic animation in which a Mohawk city boy is shown the ropes on the reservation of Kahnawake.
By the Rapids
(2005, 4 min.) CANADA
Director: Joseph (Dega) Lazare (Mohawk)
Produced by: Big Soul Productions
Joseph (Dega) Lazare (Mohawk) is an animator and director of short films who has been making movies since he was thirteen. In 2008 his animated short By the Rapids was selected by Canada's Aboriginal Peoples Television Network to be developed as a half-hour series for their fall season. He has interned at Big Soul Productions, the Native youth media organization in Toronto which produced Might of the Starchaser, an official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Lazare participated in CyberPowWow 2004, an interactive visual art exhibition, web-hosted by Oboro Gallery of Montreal. In 2001 and 2002 Lazare won the Best Poster award at the Toronto International Teen Movie Festival. Lazare lives in his hometown of Kahnawake, Quebec, where he designs Mohawk-language textbooks for schoolchildren.
"I began shooting film through Teioiaks, a program that helps kids make movies, kind of like a film summer camp. I got a great response and decided this is what I want to do. I intend to keep on making movies that tell great stories while keeping my unique artistic vision."
others:
watch: Good Looking
site: Good Looking
Comedy, 20:00 minutes, English, QC, 2007
Synopsis
A struggling and quirky young actor finally lands a role. Unfortunately, it’s as a bimbo in a zombie film. Now she must decide what’s more important: getting the part or maintaining her self-respect.
Creative team
Director/director: Joseph Lazare
Producer: Laura J. Milliken
Personal statement
Director Joseph Lazare says:
"Good Looking was the first production I did that had a craft truck! What was also great was that this is the first film where I wrote about the struggles of a female protagonist. Most of my films are about Mohawk guys saving the planet from aliens.
I was inspired to create Good Looking after hearing all of the crazy audition horror stories my actor friends would tell me. I dedicate this film to any Native actor who had to go beyond their limits just to see their face on screen."
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