No More Tears Sister

No More Tears Sister
Film poster
Directed byHelene Klodawsky
Written byHelene Klodawsky
Produced byYves Bisaillon
Pierre Lapointe
CinematographyFrançois Dagenais
Edited byPatricia Tassinari
Music byBertrand Chénier
Production
company
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

No More Tears Sister is a 2005 documentary film about the leftist revolutionary Rajini Thiranagama who joined the guerrilla group the Tamil Tigers in reaction to a brutal government crackdown in Sri Lanka. Thiranagama ultimately left the group, however, when she realized it was more a murderous group than a revolutionary force. She was assassinated on September 21, 1989, when she was only 35.[1][2]

No More Tears Sister was written and directed by Helene Klodawsky and was the season premiere for the 19th season of the PBS Point of View series in 2006.[3]

François Dagenais won the Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series,[2][4] and the film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award, at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.

With so little documentary footage available, the film makes extensive use of dramatic recreations.[2]

References

  1. ^ PBS Synopsis
  2. ^ a b c Bianculli, David (27 June 2006). "Driven To 'Tears' By Ethnic Conflict" (Review). New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 September 2012.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Gemini nominations an odd mix: TV awards show will be staged in Richmond Nov. 4 -- a first". Vancouver Sun, August 30, 2006.
  4. ^ "No More Tears Sister". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 20 December 2009.


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