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"What is it about feeling dirty that shames us into silence and disgust?" asks director Meghna Haldar in the feature documentary Dirt. From the slums of Kolkata to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to a barbeque joint in Central Texas - everyone has a different story. Dirt isn't just a four letter word, it contains a world of meaning spanning the divine to the profane. A quixotic odyssey into all things unclean, featuring animation to make Hieronymus Bosch blush, tracks from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and an experimental soundscape by Clinker, Dirt digs deep to illuminate the positively filthy experience of being human.

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Title

Dirt

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100570

Authors

Haldar, Meghna
Friesen, Tracey
Fraticelli, Rina
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

Public health.
Health attitudes.
Hygiene.
CleanlinessCultural values

Language

English

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2015.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (81 min., 34 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide.

Awards Note

Leo Award for Best Sound Editing in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009 Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009 Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009 Best Feature Documentary, 2009

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General Note

Agency - English program:.Pacific and Yukon Centre.
Study guide available.

Credit Note

Writer, Meghna Haldar ; director, Meghna Haldar ; producer, Tracey Friesen ; editor, Carmen Pollard ; cinematographer, P.J. Raval ; composer, null Clinker ; sound designer, Dennis Burke ; lead animator, Myron Campbell ; location sound recordist, Partha Pratim Barman, Chris Keyland, Ben Lazard, Merce Williams, Girjashanker Vohra, Jeff Henschel ; 3D animator, Trent Noble ; consultant, Manfred Becker, Annie Reid ; sound effects editor, Mike Paprocki ; re-recording mixer, Greg Stewart, Don Mann ; executive producer, Rina Fraticelli.

Performer Note

Participant, Puja Haldar, Subroto Haldar, Anila Bhaduri, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, William Cohen, Pooja Kumar, Govind Nath, Abha Bahadur, Sudama Das, Mohammad Noor Islam, Andrew J. Schorr, Juliet M. Dervin, Eileen Cleere, Kevin M. Anderson, Patricia Q. Richardson, Julie Dulani, Casimira Roca Y Toscas, Ross Martinez, Michael A. Armenta, Susan Davis, Robert Joseph, Ruth Witt, Michael V. Smith, Gloria Burke, Xavier Benoit Benjamin, Sarah Theresa Frances Moran.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2008.

Summary

"What is it about feeling dirty that shames us into silence and disgust?" asks director Meghna Haldar in the feature documentary Dirt. From the slums of Kolkata to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to a barbeque joint in Central Texas - everyone has a different story. Dirt isn't just a four letter word, it contains a world of meaning spanning the divine to the profane. A quixotic odyssey into all things unclean, featuring animation to make Hieronymus Bosch blush, tracks from Godspeed You! Black Emperor and an experimental soundscape by Clinker, Dirt digs deep to illuminate the positively filthy experience of being human.

System Det Note

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Leo Award for Best Sound Editing in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009
Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009
Leo Award for Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series, 2009
Best Feature Documentary, 2009

Source of Description Note (R)

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).