DOCUMENTARY FILMS
PERFECTING THE ART OF LONGING
NYT Op-Docs, National Film Board of Canada
Director/Cinematography: Kitra Cahana Editing: Kara Blake
(Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the Prix Iris for Best Short Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022)
A DIFFERENT KIND OF FORCE: POLICING MENTAL ILLNESS
NBC News
Law enforcement officers are increasingly the first responders to incidents involving people with mental illness. Without proper training and expertise, confrontations taking place amid an already-charged atmosphere can escalate quickly, often leading to the injury or death of the individual with mental illness.
Director/Cinematography: Kitra Cahana & Ed Ou / Editing: Jonathan Ade
( Peabody Award 2020, Dupont Columbia Award 2021)
DANCING TOWARDS THE LIGHT
CBC
In an Inuit town in Nunavut that has lost so many of its young people to suicide, dance has become a positive force of hope and healing.
Director / Cinematography: Kitra Cahana & Ed Ou / Editing: Kevin Klauber ACE
(Canadian Screen Award)
CARING FOR TOR
CBC
Director: Kitra Cahana / Cinematography: Kitra Cahana
#HOMEISHERE CAMPAIGN for UNITED WE DREAM
Director: Kitra Cahana
COMFORTING VEGAS
NBC
Director: Kitra Cahana & Ed Ou / Cinematography: Kitra Cahana & Ed Ou / Editing: Elise Coker
PORTRAIT OF SHUVINAI ASHOONA
Director: Kitra Cahana / Cinematography: Kitra Cahana / Editing: Kitra Cahana