It
has always struck me that Condé and Beveridge’s photographs
are like film stills. What excited me most about making
this film was the idea that I could bring some of their
still images into time, to allow subjects to step out and
speak in their own words. We met migrant workers who have
spent 25 years working on Canadian farms, yet still have
few rights. We filmed two Oshawa women who, in the early
70’s, helped break down male hierarchies in both
the auto plant and the union. We witnessed the ruins of
Carole’s family cottage in the shadow of the Nanticoke
power plant — North America’s worst greenhouse-gas
polluter. And we joined Carole and Karl, along with
thousands of protesters who stood against police in
riot gear at
Toronto's 2010 G20.
It is my hope that
PORTRAIT OF RESISTANCE will travel the world so that Condé and Beveridge’s
work will be appreciated and loved by many more people.
……See Condé & Beveridge’s
work at
http://condebeveridge.ca