From: "julian samuel" <jjsamuel-AT-vif.com>
Subject: racism in Quebec?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:10:57 -0800


Julian Samuel, 360 Terrasse Saint-Denis, Montreal, H2X 1E8, Canada
Phone: 514 284 0431, E-mail: jjsamuel-AT-vif.com

18 February, 2001

Louise Portal, Présidente
Ségolène Roederer, Directrice générale
Attila Bertalan
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois -- Dix-neuvième Edition
4545, av. Pierre-De Coubertin
C.P. 1000 Succursale M
Montréal
H1V 3R2
Canada

E-mail:
rvcq-AT-mlink.net
creon-AT-cam.org

RE: Open Letter; The exclusion of minorities from key positions within Les
Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois.

Dear Louise Portal, Ségolène Roederer and Attila Bertalan:

 Since 1982, Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois has never hired  anglophone
visible minorities for key positions. This exclusion of nearly two decades
is profoundly undemocratic and does not reflect the current bi-lingual and
multi-racial nature of Montréal.

Why are anglophone visible minorities not present in key positions within
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois?

The picture of a black person on the front cover of your catalogue is phony
window-dressing.

Sincerely,


Julian Samuel, author and film-maker

De Lahore à Montréal [Passage to Lahore] (novel)
The Raft of the Medusa,  (1993)
Into The European Mirror, (1994)
City of the Dead and The World Exhibitions, (1995)
Lettres du Caire, (1999)

c.c. Le monde Diplomatic; The Gaurdian; The Gazette; Le Devoir; various
film-makers world-wide




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