No More Tears Sister

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No More Tears Sister
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Directed by Helene Klodawsky
Written byHelene Klodawsky
Produced byYves Bisaillon
Pierre Lapointe
CinematographyFrançois Dagenais
Edited byPatricia Tassinari
Music byBertrand Chénier
Production
company
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

No More Tears Sister is a 2005 documentary film about the leftist revolutionary Rajini Thiranagama who joined the guerrilla group the Tamil Tigers in reaction to a brutal government crackdown in Sri Lanka. Thiranagama ultimately left the group, however, when she realized it was more a murderous group than a revolutionary force. She was assassinated on September 21, 1989, when she was only 35. [1] [2]

No More Tears Sister was written and directed by Helene Klodawsky and was the season premiere for the 19th season of the PBS Point of View series in 2006. [3]

François Dagenais won the Gemini Award for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series, [2] [4] and the film was a nominee for the Donald Brittain Award, at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.

With so little documentary footage available, the film makes extensive use of dramatic recreations. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "No More Tears Sister". POV. PBS. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Bianculli, David (27 June 2006). "Driven To 'Tears' By Ethnic Conflict". New York Daily News . Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Strachan, Alex (30 August 2006). "Gemini nominations an odd mix". Vancouver Sun . p. C1. Retrieved 30 March 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "No More Tears Sister". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 20 December 2009.


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