Video

The Dreams of the Night Cleaners

Leila Sujir

1995, 47:00 minutes, colour, English

TAPECODE 496.04

A road trip, a journey, a voyage through history and memory: a complex weave of drama, archival footage and animation in a fable format to explore the public mythologies in our culture which have had devastating effects on public policy, public attitudes and individual lives. "Dreams" use storytelling, humour, magic and history to seep away the misconceptions which haunt the lives of its characters. A co-production with LRS Productions, the Banff Centre for the Arts and the National Film Board of Canada.

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Critical Writing

An Interview With Director Leila Sujir
by Sarah Murphy. Canadian Theatre Review, Spring 2008, no. 94.
Leila Sujir
by Nancy Tousley. Canadian Art, Fall 1995, v. 12, no. 3.
Artist gives television new look: Fable focuses on the experience...
by Nancy Tousley. Calgary Herald, May 26, 1995.
To the cleaners: Video artist Sujir explores immigrants' dreams
by Charles Mandel. The Edmonton Journal, Nov. 17, 1995.