Pepita Ferrari (3)
Pepita Ferrari
Ancienne directrice générale et membre du conseil d’administration de l’Association des documentaristes du Canada, Pepita Ferrari a réalisé et coproduit en 1994 son premier documentaire à l’ONF, By Woman’s Hand, une étude sur les femmes peintres faisant partie du Groupe de Beaver Hall, un regroupement d’artistes canadiens. Trois ans plus tard, elle a signé la réalisation d’un autre documentaire de l’ONF sur des femmes ouvrant des voies nouvelles, The Petticoat Expeditions, un film qui rend hommage aux femmes à l’esprit aventurier qui n’hésitaient pas à parcourir le pays au 19e siècle. Son œuvre la plus ambitieuse à l’ONF a commencé en 2007, lorsqu’on lui a demandé de réaliser L’art du réel : le cinéma documentaire, un projet majeur — combinant un site web et un film — qui explorait le processus de création de plus de 30 illustres cinéastes.
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By Woman's HandPepita Ferrari 1994 58 minIn 1920, a group of young Montreal women artists formed the nucleus of what would later become known as the Beaver Hall Hill Group. Together, they created an artistic environment of mutual support that lasted for more than three decades. By Woman's Hand explores this unique group through the eyes of Prudence Heward, Sarah Robertson and Anne Savage, its three most prominent members. -
SourcePepita Ferrari 2011 6 minIn this short film, Margie Gillis becomes the very embodiment of modern dance - she steps into the light, lifts her arms and unleashes her extraordinary mane into the air.
Four decades into a remarkable career, Gillis is a beacon of compassion and creativity. Watch as high-speed cameras capture the delicate and savage joy of Canada's own Isadora Duncan. -
Capturing Reality: The Art of DocumentaryPepita Ferrari 2008 1 h 37 minIn this feature-length film on the art of the documentary, director Pepita Ferrari interviews 33 leading documentarians and shows clips from over 50 films. From cinéma-vérité pioneers like Albert Maysles and Michel Brault to mavericks like Errol Morris and Nick Broomfield, it explores the challenges of capturing reality on film. Directors as diverse as Pakistani feminist Sabiha Sumar and new media guru Peter Wintonick reflect on ethical issues and the contested status of the “truth.”
Featured interviews include German iconoclast Werner Herzog; Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán; British director Kim Longinotto and Alanis Obomsawin, the First Lady of First Nations cinema.
