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Viveka Melki talks about her art exhibition War Flowers, our human tendency toward war, and the importance of telling the story. War Flowers is a multi-platform exhibition that will provide visitors with a unique immersive experience. It draws on letters written during World War I. Each letter home included a flower, poppies from Flanders and daisies from the Somme, picked from a battlefield and pressed between the pages. The letters written by Lt Col. Cant lie to his wife and children in Montréal, link to nine other key figures and provide perspectives on the Canadian contribution to the war effort. It is the story of humanity’s unfailing ability to find beauty in war. War Flowers: A Touring Art Exhibition curator Viveka Melki  is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She has lived, worked and traveled in cultures where repressive regimes are dominant. From these experiences are born her projects around conflict - and the capacity of the human spirit for resilience. Reflecting on the subject of war, she says: “I dislike war because it runs in our blood and then our blood runs. My goal as an artist is to tell history in our time, with our voice as artists in this era. I bring my film experience into all my work so, in the end, I am a storyteller. I always ask one question when looking at Canadian history - what did it feel like? And if we can capture a fraction of that and bring you into that experience, then we have succeeded.” Born in The Gambia, West Africa of Brazilian/Lebanese descent, and educated in the UK before immigrating to Canada, Melki sees the world through a multi-cultural lens. In 2014, she directed the two-part series War Correspondence (Radio-Canada, RDI). Her feature-length documentary After Circus (2015) received acclaim after screenings at several North American film festivals, including Hot Docs in Toronto and the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, as well as at the prestigious Sunny Side of the Doc Festival in La Rochelle, France. It was broadcast across Canada on CBC’s documentary Channel in June 2016. In April 2017, Viveka’s new documentary, Carricks: In the Wake of the Irish, aired on Radio-Canada &amp; RDI. It is the tragic story of the Carricks shipwreck in 1847 and one family’s quest to find the truth – a quest that becomes the journey of the Francophone-Irish in Quebec. Viveka is currently working with the New Chapters Canada Council for the Arts on her new film, Alouette, about the Japanese POW camps during the Second World War. http://vivekamelki.com/ ---------- For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here or check out the site of his podcast on film, social change and much more. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Image Copyright: Viveka Melki. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viveka Melki talks about her art exhibition War Flowers, our human tendency toward war, and the importance of telling the story. War Flowers is a multi-platform exhibition that will provide visitors with a unique immersive experience. It draws on letters written during World War I. Each letter home included a flower, poppies from Flanders and daisies from the Somme, picked from a battlefield and pressed between the pages. The letters written by Lt Col. Cant lie to his wife and children in Montréal, link to nine other key figures and provide perspectives on the Canadian contribution to the war effort. It is the story of humanity’s unfailing ability to find beauty in war. War Flowers: A Touring Art Exhibition curator Viveka Melki  is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She has lived, worked and traveled in cultures where repressive regimes are dominant. From these experiences are born her projects around conflict - and the capacity of the human spirit for resilience. Reflecting on the subject of war, she says: “I dislike war because it runs in our blood and then our blood runs. My goal as an artist is to tell history in our time, with our voice as artists in this era. I bring my film experience into all my work so, in the end, I am a storyteller. I always ask one question when looking at Canadian history - what did it feel like? And if we can capture a fraction of that and bring you into that experience, then we have succeeded.” Born in The Gambia, West Africa of Brazilian/Lebanese descent, and educated in the UK before immigrating to Canada, Melki sees the world through a multi-cultural lens. In 2014, she directed the two-part series War Correspondence (Radio-Canada, RDI). Her feature-length documentary After Circus (2015) received acclaim after screenings at several North American film festivals, including Hot Docs in Toronto and the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal, as well as at the prestigious Sunny Side of the Doc Festival in La Rochelle, France. It was broadcast across Canada on CBC’s documentary Channel in June 2016. In April 2017, Viveka’s new documentary, Carricks: In the Wake of the Irish, aired on Radio-Canada &amp; RDI. It is the tragic story of the Carricks shipwreck in 1847 and one family’s quest to find the truth – a quest that becomes the journey of the Francophone-Irish in Quebec. Viveka is currently working with the New Chapters Canada Council for the Arts on her new film, Alouette, about the Japanese POW camps during the Second World War. <a href="http://vivekamelki.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://vivekamelki.com/</a> ---------- For more information about David Peck's podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his<a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site here</a> or check out the site of his <a href="http://face2facelive.ca/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">podcast on film, social change and much more</a>. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Image Copyright: Viveka Melki. Used with permission. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

War Flowers - Viveka Melki

“I pay attention to life.”So says a documentary filmmaker who actually gets “the shivers” when she senses the spark of a story that needs to be told.Some have been taught to follow their bliss. Viveka Melki (After Circus) taught herself to follow her instinct. And that has led to some incredible stories being shared with audiences around the world.Can history disappear? Are we doomed to forget? What if stories have been told and retold by millions but you have yet to do your version?Trust your vision. Use your voice. Find the stories that resonate with you and tell them from your perspective. What is YOUR perspective? (Ah, that’s the question!)Where is your community and who are you in that community? Viveka shares her perspective with you. Your move. Your turn.SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST:itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback!Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app.SoundCloud:www.monetizingyourcreativity.comFollow us on Instagram:@monetizingyourcreativitywww.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity

“I pay attention to life.” So says a documentary filmmaker who actually gets “the shivers” when she senses the spark of a story that needs to be told. Some have been taught to follow their bliss. Viveka Melki (After Circus) taught herself to follow her instinct. And that has led to some incredible stories being shared with audiences around the world. Can history disappear? Are we doomed to forget? What if stories have been told and retold by millions but you have yet to do your version? Trust your vision. Use your voice. Find the stories that resonate with you and tell them from your perspective. What is YOUR perspective? (Ah, that’s the question!) Where is your community and who are you in that community? Viveka shares her perspective with you. Your move. Your turn. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE MONETIZING YOUR CREATIVITY PODCAST: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/monet…d1082894462?mt=2</a> While you're there, please leave your comments and suggestions for future episodes. We love your feedback! Or search for Monetizing Your Creativity on Stitcher, Google Play Music, Overcast or your other podcast app. SoundCloud: <a href="http://www.monetizingyourcreativity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.monetizingyourcreativity.com</a> Follow us on Instagram: @monetizingyourcreativity <a href="http://www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/monetizingyourcreativity</a>

104 Viveka Melki (Documentary Filmmaker) How "After Circus" became a CBC & film festival hit

Viveka MelkiViveka and I talked about her new film After Circus and about memory and recollection, about what defines us as we approach the dubious notion of retirement and how she loves performing and the circus.Watch the Trailer here.SynopsisAFTER CIRCUS is an utterly charming look at circus folk and their world. I’d qualify that by saying it’s actually about retired &amp; semi-retired circus performers, but it quickly becomes clear, watching the film that circus people never really retire. The circus is in their blood.The film details the sense of community circus folk have with each other and their world. Many in this community have been circus people for many generations, passed down from parent to child. The film is about those family histories. It also touches on the fact that most circus people aren’t getting rich doing what they do – they do it for the love of performing and the love of community. And the film deals with the inexorable march of time, when performer’s bodies fail even as the passion for performing still lives on.It’s a film about passing eras – of the individual people, of the institution, of collective memory….and the passion that endures.BiographyViveka Melki was herself a performer – a former professional swing dancer and instructor who performed with Michael Bublé, Colin James and others. She understands the psyche of performing artists. She was born in The Gambia, West Africa and is of Brazilian/Lebanese descent, and educated in the UK before immigrating to Canada. Here, she furthered her education, getting a BA at Simon Fraser University in BC in Communications, specializing in Women’s Studies, but ended up co-founding Tortuga Films with Adam Pajot Gendron in Rimouski, Quebec in 2006. She later sold her interest in the company to Adam in order to devote herself full-time to being a director and screenwriter. Multilingual and multicultural, she calls herself « consciously Canadian » and knows that it is these elements that allowed her to understand the immigrant world of Circus.Viveka’s filmography as a Producer ranges from the documentary, Campesinos... we will inherit the earth (2008, Radio Canada and TFO) to Hippocrate (2012, Radio Canada, Explora).  In 2014, she directed the two-part series War Correspondence (WWI and D-Day). She is currently developing We Interrupt This Program, a feature documentary on radio and social change around the world, for CBC’s Documentary channel, as well as working on her new documentary Carricks: la mer n'a pas volu de nous (2017, Radio Canada &amp; RDI), about Irish Immigration in 1847 and the link to Francophone culture. She is the Curator of the upcoming traveling multi-media exhibition War Flowers (2017, Canadian War Museum, Chateau Ramezay, the new Visitor Centre in Vimy, France).To learn more about her work visit her site here.----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Viveka MelkiViveka and I talked about her new film After Circus and about memory and recollection, about what defines us as we approach the dubious notion of retirement and how she loves performing and the circus.Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHbdhNosmqU" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> here.SynopsisAFTER CIRCUS is an utterly charming look at circus folk and their world. I’d qualify that by saying it’s actually about retired &amp; semi-retired circus performers, but it quickly becomes clear, watching the film that circus people never really retire. The circus is in their blood.The film details the sense of community circus folk have with each other and their world. Many in this community have been circus people for many generations, passed down from parent to child. The film is about those family histories. It also touches on the fact that most circus people aren’t getting rich doing what they do – they do it for the love of performing and the love of community. And the film deals with the inexorable march of time, when performer’s bodies fail even as the passion for performing still lives on.It’s a film about passing eras – of the individual people, of the institution, of collective memory….and the passion that endures.BiographyViveka Melki was herself a performer – a former professional swing dancer and instructor who performed with Michael Bublé, Colin James and others. She understands the psyche of performing artists. She was born in The Gambia, West Africa and is of Brazilian/Lebanese descent, and educated in the UK before immigrating to Canada. Here, she furthered her education, getting a BA at Simon Fraser University in BC in Communications, specializing in Women’s Studies, but ended up co-founding Tortuga Films with Adam Pajot Gendron in Rimouski, Quebec in 2006. She later sold her interest in the company to Adam in order to devote herself full-time to being a director and screenwriter. Multilingual and multicultural, she calls herself « consciously Canadian » and knows that it is these elements that allowed her to understand the immigrant world of Circus.Viveka’s filmography as a Producer ranges from the documentary, Campesinos... we will inherit the earth (2008, Radio Canada and TFO) to Hippocrate (2012, Radio Canada, Explora).  In 2014, she directed the two-part series War Correspondence (WWI and D-Day). She is currently developing We Interrupt This Program, a feature documentary on radio and social change around the world, for CBC’s Documentary channel, as well as working on her new documentary Carricks: la mer n'a pas volu de nous (2017, Radio Canada &amp; RDI), about Irish Immigration in 1847 and the link to Francophone culture. She is the Curator of the upcoming traveling multi-media exhibition War Flowers (2017, Canadian War Museum, Chateau Ramezay, the new Visitor Centre in Vimy, France).To learn more about her work visit her <a href="http://vivekamelki.com/team-2-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">site here</a>.----------For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit <a href="http://www.davidpecklive.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">my site here</a>.With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and <a href="http://mixedmediasound.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mixed Media Sound</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

After Circus - Viveka Melki