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 A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN (91 minutes) Argentina/Chile/Canada Director/Producer: Peter Raymont Description: On September 11, 1973 General Augusto Pinochet ousted the Chilean president Salvador Allende in a CIA-sponsored coup, replacing the country's democratic leadership with a brutal dictatorship. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman is an exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy through the words and memories of playwright/author/activist Ariel Dorfman (Death and the Maiden, How to Read Donald Duck, Other Septembers). Dorfman was a member of Allende's socialist government and a witness to the violent coup that ousted the president. The documentary was filmed in the USA, Argentina and Chile in late 2006-coinciding with the death of the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. Biography: Filmmaker, journalist and writer Peter Raymont has produced and directed over one hundred documentary films and series during a career of thirty-four years. His films have taken him to Ethiopia, Nicaragua, India, Rwanda, the High Arctic, and throughout North America and Europe. Raymont is the recipient of thirty-five international awards including the Canadian Genie, four Gemini Awards, several Gold and Silver Hugos, the Sesterce d'Argent, and other international honors. His documentary feature, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire was honored with the 2005 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentaries at Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. His career began at age twenty-one at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal where, from 1971-78, he worked as an editor, director and producer. While at the NFB, Raymont also taught film and video production in the Canadian Arctic. In 1979 Raymont moved to Toronto and established his independent film and television production company, Investigative Productions now operating as White Pine Pictures. He co-partnered the company for many years with his late wife, award-winning filmmaker and author Lindalee Tracey. Contact Information: Davida Grago White Pine Pictures 822 Richmond Street West Toronto, Canada M6I 1C9 E-mail: davida@whitepinepictures.com Web site: http://www.whitepinepictures.com |
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