Last Chance (2012 film)

Last Chance (French: Une dernière chance) is a 2012 documentary by Paul-Émile d'Entremont about five LGBT people seeking the right of asylum in Canada in order to escape persecution or homophobic violence in their homelands. Subjects in the film include a transgender woman who was institutionalized by her family in Lebanon, an LGBT person jailed in Egypt, as well as Trudi, a Jamaican lesbian who was "correctively raped" at gunpoint. Last Chance was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.[1][2][3]

D'Entremont conceived the idea for the film while in Jordan, working on his previous film, Reema, aller-retour. The film took ten years to make, including three years of principal photography. Trudi's was the last story to be filmed. Montreal immigration and refugee lawyer Noel St. Pierre was also among those interviewed in the film.[2]

  1. ^ Takeuchi, Craig (5 December 2012). "NFB documentary follows queer refugees seeking Last Chance in Canada". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b Burnett, Richard (7 December 2012). "Award-winning doc on queer refugees fleeing to Canada screening for free on NFB website". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  3. ^ Chainney, Annik (3 December 2012). "Une dernière chance: le combat des demandeurs d'asile gai". La Presse (Canada) (in French). Canadian Press. Retrieved 7 December 2012.