Guardians
Director
Minerva NavascaProducer
Brianne Harvie- Release Date 2021
- Running Time 6 minutes
- Closed Captions Yes
- Availability Canada
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With concerned phone calls from friends and family, Guardians walks the viewer through the psychological reality of a girl's nightly trip home. Discussions surrounding seemingly mundane choices are framed with a woman’s hyper-vigilant lens; bringing into question what the true price of safety is.
Guardians is an excellent conversation catalyst in respect with issues of violence against women, gender or racial bias, student safety and awareness.
Director: Minerva Navasca
Producer: Brianne Harvie
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Artist's Statement
Even before I could step foot out of my house, I was already well versed in measures I should take to avoid sexual assault. This is a documentary that aims to provide catharsis in telling girls “Your paranoia is warranted, and it does not make you any less sensible. Your anxiety is universal, yet it does not make you any less brave”.
Director Biography
Minerva Navasca is a Toronto-based Filipino director and producer, and a graduate of the Bachelors of Film and Television program at Sheridan College. She is best known for her short documentaries “Guardians” (2021), and “Kamayan” (2021), which has been showcased in local and international festivals such as the 2022 TIFF Next Wave, NFFTY 2023, and the 2023 Yorkton Film Fest.
In all avenues of her work, she aims to explore stories of cultural dysphoria and girlhood with intimate specificity. She grounds her films in her own experiences, stating “I want to make films about subjects that make me uncomfortable”. And so, Minerva delves into perspectives steeped in anxiety and internalized shame, stemming from her cultural background and other aspects of her identity. Within the frame, these voices are free to express the heights of their anger, hopes, and guilt: a complexity that has been stripped from Asian voices and filmmakers throughout history.
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