Irene Angelico Explained

Irene Lilienheim Angelico (born December 9, 1946) is a Canadian film director, producer and writer.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Angelico was born in 1946 in Munich.^[3] Her parents, survivors of the Vilna Ghetto, emigrated to Canada.^[4] She received a BA degree from Sir George Williams University, Montreal, in 1974.^[5]

Career

In 1980, Angelico and her partner Abbey Neidik, who would become a frequent collaborator, produced and directed the feature documentary, Dark Lullabies. The film explored the effect of the Holocaust on children of survivors and second-generation Germans.^[6] The film received the first prize for "The Most Socially/Politically Engaging Film" at Mannheim and the prize for "The Most Memorable Film" in Tokyo. It was included in The Fifty Greatest Documentaries of all Time at the international Salute to the Documentary, and selected to represent the best of the NFB's Studio D at retrospectives in London and France. In the summer of 2013, it was selected as the inaugural feature documentary at the Stratford Festival Forum. The film continues to be screened and broadcast worldwide including special commemorative screening in Berlin and Vilnius.^{[7] [8]}

Angelico went on to write and direct 1998's The Cola Conquest, a documentary about Coca-Cola as a metaphor for America. The documentary Black Coffee explored the history and social impact of coffee.^{[9] [10]} The 2007 film Inside the Great Magazines was about the first international media.^{[11] [12]}

Angelico also produced and wrote many documentaries including the 1992 Entre Solitudes about the Anglos of Quebec;^[13] The Love Prophet and the Children of God about a sex for salvation cult;^{[14] [15]} She Got Game; ^{[16] [17]} Vendetta Song, about an honour killing in Turkey;^{[18] [19]} Canadaville, USA; about the town Franck Stonach built for Katrina survivors^[20] and Unbreakable Minds, a film that explores mental illness.^{[21] [22]}

Angelico was one of the founding chairs of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus Montreal (CIFC), now known as DOC.^{[23] [5]}

Books

• Angelico co-edited The Aftermath: A Survivor's Odyssey Through War-Torn Europe, written by her father, Henry Lilienheim.^[24]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the National Film Board of Canada,^[25] the Australian Centre for the Moving Image^[26] and the Cinémathèque québécoise.^[27]

Filmography

• ...And They Lived Happily Ever After, director, editor (1975) (co-directed with Kathleen Shannon and Anne Henderson)^[28]
• Meditation in Motion, director, writer, editor (1979)^[3]
• Dark Lullabies, producer, director, writer, editor (1985)^{[29] [30] [31]}
• Entre Solitudes / Between Solitudes, producer (1992)^[32]
• The Burning Times, associate producer (1990)
• The Cola Conquest; A Trilogy, producer, director, writer, editor (1998)^{[33] [34]}
• The Love Prophet and the Children of God, producer (1998)
• The Journey Home: a Romanian Adoption, producer (2000)
• She Got Game, producer (2003)^[35]
• Vendetta Song producer, writer (2005)
• Unbreakable Minds producer (2005)
• Black Coffee director, writer (2007)^{[36] [37]}
• Inside the Great Magazines, producer, director, writer (2007)
• Canadaville, USA, producer (2008)^[38]
• Shekinah: The Intimate Life of Hasidic Women, producer (2013) ^[39]
• Beyond Earth: the Beginning of NewSpace, producer (2013)
• Big Wind, producer (2015)
• Shekinah Rising, producer (2018)
• First to Stand In post-production, producer, director, writer, editor (2022)

Notes and References

1. News: November 15, 1999. Gemini winners. Playback. August 18, 2020.
2. Book: Who's who in Canadian Film and Television . Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television . 2000. 9780771576546 .
3. Book: Documentation Sur la Recherche Féministe . 1979 . Ontario Institute for Studies in Education . 10 .
4. Web site: Arsenal: single . Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V..
5. Book: Holmes . Gillian . Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000 . University of Toronto Press . 1 June 1999. 9780920966556 .
6. Book: Giberovitch . Myra . Recovering from Genocidal Trauma: An Information and Practice Guide for Working with Holocaust Survivors . 31 December 2013 . University of Toronto Press . 978-1-4426-6544-6 . 203 .
7. Web site: Peary . Gerald . Berlin toasts Pool's 'pearl' . The Globe and Mail . February 27, 1986.
8. News: Garrick. Louis. December 14, 2016. Dark Lullaby: Irene Angelico's belated pilgrimage to Vilnius. August 17, 2020.
9. News: Kudak. Kelsey. May 1, 2008. A responsible caffeine nation. Minnesota Daily. August 21, 2020.
10. Web site: Rodriquez . Roberto . History Channel transmite documentales sobre el café . El Universal . El Universal . May 3, 2011.
11. Web site: Cauchon . Paul . Les grands magazines ont-ils encore un avenir? . Le Devoir.
12. Web site: Documentary dissects the colourful world of magazines . The West Australian . 27 January 2010.
13. Kellett-Betsos. Kathleen L.. September 1994. Between the Solitudes. CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. 22 . 4 . The Manitoba Library.
14. News: Brownstein. Bill. August 29, 1998. Couple turns lens on Pop Culture: From pop to cult life. The Gazette. August 21, 2020.
15. News: Hays. Matthew. 1998. All in the family. Mirror. August 21, 2020.
16. Wertheim. Jon. April 28, 2003. Hewitt's lawsuit has little merit. Sports Illustrated.
17. News: Tebbut. Tom. 2003. Documentary shows life behind the game. Globe and Mail. August 21, 2020.
18. News: Heinrich. Jeff. February 25, 2005. Focus on Deadly Custom. The Gazette. August 21, 2020.
19. News: Ozen. Omer. February 15, 2005. Ve Bir Kan Davasi Ezgisi ya da Guzide. bzim Anadolu. August 21, 2020.
20. News: Wyatt. Nelson. November 1, 2007. The town Frank Stronach built. The Star. August 18, 2020.
21. November 30, 2005. The Mental Illness Issue. VICE. 12.
22. Web site: Irizarry . Kristopher . Documentary examines schizophrenia . The Badger Herald.
23. Web site: On the DOC Road – Point of View Magazine . povmagazine.com.
24. Web site: Books in Canada - Review . www.booksincanada.com.
25. Web site: National Film Board of Canada . Government of Canada . 11 October 2012.
26. Web site: And they lived happily ever after . ACMI Collections.
27. Web site: Recherche Oeuvres La Cinémathèque québécoise . collections.cinematheque.qc.ca . fr-FR.
28. Web site: National Film Board of Canada . Government of Canada . 11 October 2012.
29. Web site: Laurence . Jean-Christophe . Dark Lullabies: berceuse pour l'Holocauste . La Presse . fr . 28 January 2014.
30. Book: The Canadian forum . April 1986 . Canadian Forum,Limited . 28 .
31. Dorland . Michael . Dark Lullabies . Cinema Canada . October 1985 . 39 .
32. Web site: Kellett-Betsos . Kathleen . BETWEEN THE SOLITUDES . umanitoba.ca.
33. Web site: CHIDLEY . JOE . Fortunes in fur and fizz Maclean's SEPTEMBER 7, 1998 . Maclean's The Complete Archive.
34. News: Brownstein . Bill . Couple turn lens on pop culture . The Gazette . August 29, 1998.
35. Web site: McCarthy . Todd . She Got Game . Variety . 16 December 2003.
36. Book: Pendergrast . Mark . Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World . 9 July 2019 . Basic Books . 978-1-5416-4642-1 .
37. News: Kennedy . Janice . Wake and smell the revolution . Ottawa Citizen . November 13, 2005.
38. Web site: Wyatt . Nelson . The town Frank Stronach built . thestar.com. 1 November 2007.
39. Web site: Cole . Susan G. . Shekinah: The Intimate Life Of Hasidic Women . NOW Magazine . 15 May 2014.