Oral History Interview with Michelle Mohabeer
Files
Dublin Core
Title
Oral History Interview with Michelle Mohabeer
Subject
film, artists, oral history, Pakistan, homophobia, Desh Pardesh
Description
Mohabeer discusses her experience of moving to Canada during the 1970s, when racism, sexism and homophobia were rampant. She also discusses briefly her experience as a Pakistani person in a time where Paki-bashing was common place. Mohabeer then goes on to discuss how she channeled their experiences into her films, discussing two significant ones — Coconut Cannon Cutlass and Child Play, both which were featured at the Desh Pardesh festival. She then discusses their reception, and the lack of engagement with the material at the festivals. She concludes by stating that Desh could recur in the modern day, but it would be different in that the problems of the modern day, and the community organizing of the modern day is different also.
Creator
South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)
Date
2015-05-07
Contributor
Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Format
PDF, WAV
Language
English
Type
Sound, Text
Coverage
1990s Toronto, 1970s Toronto
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URL
Citation
South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), “Oral History Interview with Michelle Mohabeer
,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/823.
,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/823.