Sylvain L'Espérance

Born in Montreal in 1961 Sylvain LEspérance studied film and visual arts For the past 25 years he has travelled widely from Quebec to Mali to Greece He has directed nearly a dozen films that combine direct cinema with experimental research to explore reality through a poetic lens His films question our relationships with outsiders and marginalized communities They give voice to migrants workers artisans sailors fishermen shepherds the unemployed and the homeless These voices are carried by street theatre song and poetry and merge into a political cry that speaks the unspoken