Tahani Rached Explained
| Tahani Rached |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality: | Canadian-Egyptian |
| Occupation: | Filmmaker |
| Years Active: | 1973-present |
Tahani Rached is a Canadian-Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work Four Women of Egypt. She has directed more than 20 documentary films in her career.[1]
Life and career
Tahani Rached was born on May 16, 1947, in Cairo, Egypt. In 1966, she moved to Montreal to pursue painting. She was a student at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal where she studied painting for two years. She became more involved with the community and thus, turned to filmmaking.[2]
She was hired as a staff filmmaker by Canada's National Film Board in 1981. Rached however, left the Film Board in 2004 to return to Egypt to make films.[3]
In 2023 she was named the recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for her career achievements.[4]
Selected filmography
- Pour faire changement (To Make a Change) - 1973
- Where Dollars Grow on Trees (Les voleurs de job) - 1980
- La phonie furieuse - 1982
- Beyrouth! Not Enough Death to Go Round - 1983
- Haïti (Québec) - 1985
- Bam Pay A! Rends-moi mon pays - 1986
- Haïti, Nous là! Nou la! - 1987
- Au chic resto pop - 1990
- Doctors with Heart - 1993
- Emergency! A Critical Situation - 1999
- Four Women of Egypt - 1997
- For a Song - 2001
- Soraida, a Woman of Palestine - 2004
- These Girls - 2005
- Neighbors - 2007
References
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Hillauer. Rebecca. Encyclopedia of Arab women filmmakers. 2005. American University in Cairo Press. Cairo, Egypt. 9789774249433. 14 December 2015.
- Book: Hottell. Ruth. Pallister. Janis. French-speaking women documentarians : a guide. 2005. P.Lang. New York. 9780820476148. 14 December 2015.
- Web site: Tahani Rached, a committed filmmaker. National Film Board of Canada. 18 December 2015.
- Jean Siag, "Québec dévoile les lauréats des Prix du Québec". La Presse, October 26, 2023.
