Born in the Maelstrom

Born in the Maelstrom

Directed by Meryam Joobeur

Genre Fiction
Country Canada
Year 2017
Length 28 min
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version French subtitles, Original English Version

Synopsis

Born in the Maelstrom is an impressionistic journey of a young biracial woman named Rebecca as she struggles to find her identity in a world shaped by her black mother's painful past.

Themes

adolescence, mother-daughter relationships, identity, racism

Biography

Meryam Joobeur is a Tunisian American filmmaker based in Montréal, Canada. She is a graduate of Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal. Her first film Gods, Weeds & Revolutions (2012) exploring memory through Alzheimer’s and the Tunisian revolution was screened internationally, winning multiple awards including Best Canadian Documentary at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. She is currently developing her first feature, Roman Ruins. Meryam has participated in the Producer’s Network of the Carthage International Film Festival, Berlinale Talent Lab, TIFF Talent Lab and the Rawi Screenwriters Lab.



Cast

Sasha Lane, Karen Glave

Team

Production

Hany Ouichou, Sylvain Corbeil (Art et essai)

Script

Meryem Joobeur

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Vincent Gonneville

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu

EDITING Sophie Farkas Bolla, Jacquelyn Mills
Sound Frédéric Cloutier