Rita Leistner is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker. She is most noted for her 2021 documentary film Forest for the Trees, for which she was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022.
She was active as a photojournalist in the 2000s, most notably covering the Iraq War. Some of her war photography was included in the 2006 book Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq, alongside photography by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson.
References
- Winnie Lee, "Up Close and On the Ground With Canada’s Intrepid Tree Planters". Atlas Obscura, August 18, 2021.
- Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
- Sarah Hampson, "'I own nothing but cameras'". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 2004.
- Charlie Fidelman, "The Iraq war, up close". Montreal Gazette, January 14, 2006.
External links
- Rita Leistner at IMDb
- Rita Leistner Official Website
- Forest for the Trees Documentary Official Website
- Forest for the Trees at IMDb
- Looking for Marshall McLuhan in Afghanistan
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