No More Tears Sister
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No More Tears Sister is a 2005 documentary film
about the leftist revolutionary Dr.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 and was assassinated by LTTE on September 21, 1989 when she was only 35.
No More Tears Sister was written and directed by Helene Klodawsky and aired on PBS
Point of View
series in 2006. The film received the Gemini Award
for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series, presented to cinematographer
François Dagenais.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the leftist revolutionary Dr.Rajini Thiranagama who joined the guerrilla group the Tamil Tigers in reaction to a brutal government crackdown
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in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. Thiranagama ultimately left the group, however, when she realized it was more a murderous group than a revolutionary force and was assassinated by LTTE on September 21, 1989 when she was only 35.
No More Tears Sister was written and directed by Helene Klodawsky and aired on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
Point of View
P.O.V.
POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view"....
series in 2006. The film received the Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series, presented to cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
François Dagenais.
External links
- Official Site
- No More Tears Sister on IMDb
- P.O.V. No More Tears Sister - PBS's site dedicated to the film