Deepa Mehta Archive

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Deepa Mehta Archive

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Special Collections 0031

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circa 1997-2002

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Deepa Mehta Archive

Collection Pertains To Mehta, Deepa

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Deepa Mehta fonds [artifacts, graphic materials, posters, printed materials, textual materials, photographic materials, motion picture film]; circa 1997 - 2002.

Deep Mehta (1950-) is an Indo-Canadian filmmaker, best known for her elements trilogy - "Fire" (1996), "Earth" (1998), and "Water" (2005). Her films have premiered at TIFF and have been nominated for Genies and Academy Awards. Mehta moved to Canada in the 1970s and made her first feature in 1991. She co-founded Hamilton-Mehta Productions with her husband David Hamilton in 1996. Deep Mehta is based in Toronto.

Archival records created by director Deepa Mehta and/or related to her films, including Bollywood/Hollywood, Water, The Republic of Love.

ACCESSION 2003-008

1 artifact

1 file of graphic materials

2 posters

4 cm. printed materials : 6 magazines

56 cm. textual materials : 41 files (including 29 film scripts)

3 photographic materials: b+w prints

5 motion picture film : 5 rolls of 35 mm

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