In Movie, Especially One that Revolves Around the First World War, Needs A Stellar Rental to Give It An Authentic Feel.
In Movie, Especially One that Revolves Around the First World War, Needs A Stellar Rental to Give It An Authentic Feel.
Kitchener-Waterloo Filmmakers Aviel Kurulkar and Javier Alfaro Had an interesting and Little Known Story to Tell About the Contribution of Sikh Soldiers Serving in the Canadian Military in the First World War.
They just needed to find the right place to film it.
The Co-Directors of the Short Film The Unknown Soldier Found What Were Looking for When Kurulkar was Browsing Facebook and Saw Posts from the Canadian Great War Society, A First World War Historical Group, Based in Thamesville.
Noting the group has uniforms and “era-accurate weaponry,” Along with a “full-on trench,” Kurulkar Said Contacting Head of the Canadian Great War Society Timothy Gillies is Howey Began to Making the Unknown Soldier.
“Our Entire Movie Production Basalely Revolved Around (The Thamesville Site),” He Said.
Many of the Extras and Supporting Characters are from Chatham and Windsor.
Gillies, who worked as costume and rental manager for the movie, Said in a stattement the historical group is “dedicated to remembering the Canadian Soldiers who Found During the Great War.”
Members include past and present serving soldiers, reservists and cadets, who take part in Remembrance Ceremonies, Heritage Displays, Movie Productions, Range Shoot and Parades.
Gillies Said the “Group has a recreated trench of approximately 150 feet outside Thamesville Where Movie Productions Have Been Filmed.”
Alfaro Said While The Lead Character Being A Sikh Man is Integral to the Story, “It was Mostly that he was a human being that too young to understand what he was Doing.”
They don now the Full Story of Sikh Men that served in the Canadian Military, He Said, “Which is that we wanted to go with the name, the unknown soldier.”
Kurulkar Said the Story Revolves Around A Young Sikh Man Who Immigrates To Canada and Want to see the World and ignore What Father is Telling Him to Do.
“He is unable to find a good jogging for himself, so he decides to Join the canadian army, because they are the only ones hiring people.
While in the Army, the Soldier has to deal with some subtle forms of discrimination Along with dealing with his own ideas about religion, kurulkar added.
However, He Said Their Research has shown the discrimination in front by Sikh Men Serving in the Canadian Army wasn’t as prevalent as in regulating Society at that time.
“When relying on that person to save your life, at that point, you cannot really treat each other with discrimination or indignity, because you are going to fight right beside each other,” Kurulkar Said.
A Mutual Respect Developed, which is portrayed in the film.
Alfaro Said An Important Aspect of the Story is “Spreading Awareness there were immigrants in this country that feght for this country.”
They want to show the “immigrant experience is instrumental to this country,” he said.
The FilmMakers Are Researching Film Festivals where they want to submit the Unknown Soldier.
“We have applied to tiff (Toronto International Film Festival) and we definitely hope to premiere there,” Alfaro Said.
Kurulkar Said they also plan on submitting to the chatham-kent international film festival.
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