HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN: A MOSAIC IN ONE MILE

By Sandra IGNAGNI

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2019


Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2019
Short Cuts
Toronto - TIFF 2019
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 17 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sandra IGNAGNI
    • Synopsis
    • A place utterly unique in British Columbia and the world, Richmond’s No. 5 Road, also known as the “Highway to Heaven,” hosts a multitude of faiths. Side by side are numerous houses of worship, including Buddhist temples, a Sikh gurdwara, Hindu and Swami temples, Shia and Sunni mosques, Christian churches, and Jewish, Islamic and Christian schools. Filmmaker Sandra Ignagni merges beautiful, carefully framed images with a symphonic soundscape that illuminates the intimate lives of the faithful. An evocative documentary that is both a meditation on multiculturalism and a subtle critique of the tensions that underlie cultural diversity in Canada today.