
Opre Roma: Gypsies in Canada
This documentary celebrates the vibrant culture and tenacious struggle of the Canadian Gypsy and introduces a new generation of Roma who claim their roots with pride.
They call themselves by their rightful name, the Roma. Almost 80,000 Romas call Canada home.
Meet Julia Lovell, a passionate defender of Roma human rights, whose father is slowly gaining the confidence to reveal his heritage; and Karen Gray Boothroyd, a flamenco dancer just beginning to reclaim her Gypsy roots.
I wonder if these Roma have seen ‘my big fat gypsy wedding’.
There is nothing as exquisitely passionate in music and dance, as Flamenco… I get lost in its awesome pulse
and like to stay there. Opre Roma; beautiful and beautifully done!
One of my earliest memories is drinking wine out of a goat flask in a Roma cave, listening and watching Flamenco music and dancing when I was 17 years old in Seville…I was hooked ever since.