Sylvie Lapointe
Sylvie Lapointe has been working in the world of documentary cinema since 1995 as a filmmaker and as an assistant director, researcher and production manager for more than fifty auteur films. She has directed, produced and scripted several auteur documentaries, both short and feature films, here and elsewhere: Vue de ruelle (Montreal, 2017-2018) on urban ecology, The Lesson of the Snail (Mexico, 2012) and Simplemente una despedida (Mexico, 2017) on political education, and Yanina, guérillera ou coopérante ? (Guatemala, 2001) on social engagement. In 2018, she taught in the documentary program at l'INIS. Lapointe founded her own production company Les Productions Como Punta inc. in 2007 with the aim of creating a free creative space perpetuating the existence of documentary. In 2022, she directed a short portrait on the prolific filmmaker Fernand Dansereau (NFB) and is currently completing a master's degree in anthropology.
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The Lesson of the Snail
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The Lesson of the Snail
Following the uprising of January 1, 1994, the Indigenous peoples of Chiapas in Mexico assessed their disaffection with the Mexican education system, describing it as a vector of poverty and injustice. Since then, the Zapatista resistance has remained one of the most intriguing organizations among contemporary international revolutionary struggles, pushing back against the margins of the hegemo...
