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No More Tears Sister Directed by Helene Klodawsky Produced by Yves Bisaillon Written by Helene Klodawsky Music by Bertrand Chénier Cinematography François Dagenais Editing by Patricia Tassinari Running time 78 min. Language English 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.[1]
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.[2]
References
- ^ PBS Synopsis
- ^ "No More Tears Sister". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=51681. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
External links
- Official Site
- No More Tears Sister on IMDb
- P.O.V. No More Tears Sister - PBS's site dedicated to the film
Categories:- English-language films
- 2005 films
- P.O.V. (TV series) films
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Documentary films about revolutions
- Documentary films about violence against women
- Gemini Award winning programs
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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