COMMFFEST KIDS- CHILDRENS FILM FESTIVAL 12. -2:00PM tickets $5.00 Location for all below screenings Rainbow Cinema 80 Front st East Market Square Toronto,Ont

12.00PM 3 SHORT ANIMATIONS Directed, Written, Designed, Animated, Edited,Co-Produced by Jane Sablow Music, Sound Design, Technical Direction, Co-Produced by Carl Edwards;2008 USA Smart Machine 4 min 05 sec Smart Machine, captures a little boy's unusual encounter with a vending machine during a family road trip. The child discovers that the machine can talk and it has a very strong opinion on what he should eat! With nutrition as the theme, the film presents a healthy food choice to children ages 5-12, and their families, through visual storytelling and gentle humor.

Wishful Thinking dir. Jane Sablow 4 min 50 sec an imaginative three year old changes the theme of her

birthday party when she makes a wish and blows

out the candles on her cake, much to the delight

of her seven tiny guests. With nutrition as the theme,

the piece presents healthy food choices to children

ages 3-8, and their families, through visual

storytelling and gentle humor.

Cravings dir. Jane Sablow 2 min 7 sec

Cravings,

chronicles the brief journey of a determined

little girl to satisfyher rather surprising desire.

The child manages to pluck her

favorite food from an assortment of delicacies.

With nutrition as the theme, the film presents a

healthy food choice to children ages 3-8, and their

families, through visual storytelling and gentle humor.

12.15.the Toronto Island film Festival presents;

Age group -10 12 years Carnival Music videos depict and

feature aspects of

the festival arts o fthe Caribbean.

Presented by Christopher Pinheiro.

12.45 2 Wheels (20m, United Arab Emirates)

dir. by Tiffani Yoon A young boy(Hanlon) goes to school every

morning by his father's(Jos) bike.

They live in a city with a heavy traffic.

Hanlon enjoys his ride every morning.

One day on his father's way back to

school for his son's pick up a car hit

the father's bike and the father got

a little scar on his forehead. After Hanlon

sees Jos' forehead Hanlon decides

to buy a birthday gift for Jos.

And Hanlon takes his precious piggybank

and goes to a construction site. This event $5.00

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1.10pm:Wheels of Change (45m, Canada) sub. by

Jeff Peeler Wheels of Change is a story about the transformative

power

of the bicycle. It is an intimate portrait of the Africa

we

rarely read about in the papers or see on TV, an

Africa with good news stories, where conditions

are improving, and where dreams sometimes come

true.

Renascence Directed by: 21m, Argentina) Delia

Solari Adela is a painter teacher who recently divorced and

feels

a great sorrow. She has a pretender but she is always

living

her memories. During the lessons with her students,

she teaches the advance abstract techniques but in

the class there are students with different

personalities:

some aggressive and others calms. They discuss about

peace and war. Adela thinks the peace is a better

way to achieve the goals.

Protect The Nation (16m, Germany, South

Africa)dir. by C. R. Reisser When faced with the unexpected kindness

of a stranger, a young boy begins to

question himself. Does he have the

courage to do what's right?

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2.45 Our Seniors presents a series of shorts

followed by

Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos' 47 m canada

Canada Brandy Yanchyk Brooks - The City of 100 Hellos' is a

documentary

that explores how immigrants,

refugees and temporary foreign

workers from the local meat

packing plant are changing and challenging

the western cowboy city of Brooks,

Alberta,Canada.

It also explores the city's 100 year

history as it celebrates its

centennial anniversary.

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4.05 Bruce Bell Presents The History of film in

St.lawrence Market neighbourhood. This event

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5.30pm.These Are Our Children

(55m, Kenya, U S A) dir. by Joanne Hershfield

These Are Our Children is a one-hour

documentary film that reveals how

the devastating effects on Kenyan

children affected by poverty, HIV/AIDs,

and violenceare being successfully

reduced through a number of simple

and inexpensive grassroots interventions.

While the filmdoes not ignore the

overwhelming problems Kenyan

children face on a daily basis,

it presents the inspiring stories of

community schools and local organizations

that are working to create a future in

which all childrencan realize their

dreams to be teachers, pilots, doctors,

generals, and world-famous soccer players.

Mystic Dance (9m, U S A)dir.

by Norman Woods This nine-minute film Mystic Dance

(for a mover of souls)

comes from the poem of the same name.

It is one of a five poem series, featuring

the poetry of jazz/poet N-Side.

When most of us are challenged by a

variety of life circumstances,

some more devastating than others,

we have to decide if

we are going to throw in the towel

and quit or meet the challenge

and find a solution. With a combination

of intellect, emotion, willingness to take

some sort of action, possibility is born and

changes can be made. What we do in the

process of producingchange in our

condition becomes our dance, a spiritual dance.

Raising our Voice Directed by:

27m, Canada) Erin Wolfson Raising our Voice follows the journey of a group of

low-income immigrants speaking out against

racialized poverty in Toronto.

Coming together as members of the Newcomer

Advocacy Committee, this film shows newcomers

organizing to address systemic poverty and fighting to

overcome the barriers they face in getting fair and

meaningful employment. Committee members, many

of them accredited professionals in their countries of

origin, come together during the film to share

their struggles and make their voices heard. Raising

our Voice captures the importance of social activism

that grows from the grassroots.

Diaspora 6m Canada Aadhi Vive,

Aaraniyan Vive Hard work, a good education and a big

dream sound like the sure ingredients to

success in starting a better life in a new

country. Or are they? Diaspora is a plot-driven,

dramatic visual piece that gleans over the lifespan

of an immigrant family, witnessing their times of

struggles, joys and departures over the passing years

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7.30THREE WOMEN: Adapting Lives, Adopting

Lines (44m, Canada)dir. by Adriana Monti

Hybrid identities that result from the merging of

multiple

cultures are becomingthe norm in many pluralistic

societies.

THREE WOMEN discuss personal changes

of three Italian-Canadians and explore how

new identities emerged during the

adaptation process. Jackie Rosati emigrated

from Italy in 1932. She become

a nurse and started a series of volunteer associations

to help Italian immigrants.

Viva Fitzrovia 15 UK : Paolo Sedazzari Viva Fitzrovia takes you through the

back streets and labyrinthine

alleys of that most intriguing and

mysterious district of London - Fitzrovia.

Traditionally the hang out of artists,

criminals, revolutionaries

and ladies of the night, Fitzrovia

may have become ever so slightly

gentrified in recent years, but its

past still hangs heavy in the air.

Without Wings (4m, Canada, U S A)

dir. by Jo Meuris

Without Wings is a celebration

of the human body in motion.

The feats of athleticism performed

by the dancers, traceurs,

and acrobats as they run, jump,

leap, soar, flip, and spin through

the movements of dance, Parkour,

free-running, tricking, and martial

arts acrobatics were painstakingly

recreated by hand and woven

together in a symphony of animated

figures.

Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak)

12m India – Nina Sabnani

an animated documentary which

celebrates the art and passion of the Kutch artisans

associated with Kala Raksha.

The film traces multiple journeys made by the

participants

towards defining their identities and towards forming

the Kala Raksha Trust and the School for Design.

The film uses their narrative art of applique and

embroideries through which they articulate their

responses to life, and events as traumatic as the

earthquake

and as joyful as flying a kite. Through

conversations and memories four

voices share their involvement in the

evolution of a craft tradition.

You don’t have to know anything

about it to sense it, to feel it.

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9.15Tora 30m Canada co-written, co-directed

and co-produced by Glen Samuel and Wendy Ord Starring David Suzuki, (world renowned

environmentalist)

in his first acting role ever...TORA follows a jaded

city

woman who inherits a lakeside property and is

haunted

by a little ghost girl. Through dreams and flashbacks

of

her new neighbor (Suzuki) she discovers that the

property

was a Japanese Internment Camp during WWII and

that

the little girl died while in the camp.

'Land Lost, Culture Lost' 31m Cambodia –

Daniel Lanctot 'Land Lost, Culture Lost' is a documentary

film directed collaboratively by Daniel Lanctot

and Kong Yuk village,

a Jarai indigenous village in

northeastern Cambodia.

The film documents Kong Yuk's

land loss story and

how they were tricked and coerced

into losing ancestral

farmland to a rubber company.

The issue of land grabs and 'economic

development' in

Cambodia serve as the subtext in

this documentary

which shows how this small indigenous

village courageously filmed a role play

video of their land loss story. They wanted

to educate their indigenous neighbors

so that they would not

'make the same mistake' that they did.

Red Dust (20m, U S A)dir. by Karin Mak Poisoned by the carcinogen cadmium in

the battery factories where they worked,

Ren and her comrades engage in a desperate

struggle for justice. RED DUST

captures rural and urban poverty and the

risks involved in speaking up in China.

In face of daunting obstacles

that affect their work, health, and

future, the women persevere.

The Stars Know Our Home (14m, U S A)

by Gregg Lillie Home to the San for thousands

of years, the Kalahari Desert

has become the focus of a critical

human rights disaster.

The Stars Know Our Home explores

the work of two San leaders

who refuse to watch their ancient

traditions disappear to make

room for tourist attractions and diamond

mines. Living in a country that considers

the San to be categorized as 'fauna' rather

than human beings, Roy Sesana and

Jumanda Gakelebone are in a race

against time to protect the rights

Saturday February 23 2011 12 pm – 10.00pm

and traditions of one of

the world's oldest peoples.

UBUNTU (kindness) (12m, Canada)

dir. by Rhonda J Zabinsky Join me on my journey into the Kynsa

township in the Garden

region of S. Africa. Ubutu is the Kozu

word for Kindness.

In Ubutu (kindness), viewers will

get a glimmer of what it

is like to live in a township.

This short is intended to

provoke initial thought and discussion

on whether townships should be abolished

and how to improve

them from the very people living in a township.

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Oscar Micheaux was born and raised in Murphysboro, in

southern Illinois,

the area known as "little Egypt." He was an intelligent,

inquisitive, charismatic youngster and an avid book reader

who did not finish high school. He honed his skills as a

marketer of his father's farm produce which prepared him

to be a phenomenal seller of his books and films later in

his life.

Oscar became a Pullman Porter and traveled throughout

the United States and into South America. He learned of

government land opening for sale inSouth Dakota where

he purchased 160 acres and took over a homesteadnear

Gregory, SD in 1905. He learned how to become a

successful farmer and eventually acquired 1000 acres in

Gregory and Tripp Counties.

He learned how to become a successful writer. He wrote,

published and marketed his seven novels. His first book,

"Conquest," published in 1913, continues, today to be a

definitive account of homesteading

in South Dakota.

In l917, Noble Johnson, an African American Hollywood

actor and co-owner of a small film company in Omaha,

Nebraska, offered to produce Oscar's third novel, "The

Homesteader," 1917, as a feature film if he, Noble, could

play the major role of Micheaux and direct the film.

Oscar decided to direct and produce his own film rather

than let another film company or Hollywood producehis

autobiographical film or any of his forthcoming 43 films.

In 1919, the three hour film, "The Homesteader," was

finished. Oscar went on to write, produce, direct and

market over 40 full-length feature films: 22 silent and 22

soundies.

Today, only 15 of his films have been found in the

U.S., South America and Europe.

Today, these 15 films, in DVD format are in the Micheaux

Center in Gregory. Oscar Micheaux was the first African

American to produce full-length feature films, first to

produce a film in sound, the first to show his films in

White theatres and to be shown on Broadway and to have

marketed his own films.

Oscar is known today as the "Father of Independent

Filmmaking in the United States." Oscar's 9 years in

south-central South Dakota influenced his life, his books

and films. He is revered by many filmmakers and actors.

He was posthumously honored to a star on the Hollywood

Walk of Fame, the South Dakota Hall of Fame in

Chamberlain, SD, the Oscar Micheaux Center in Gregory

and in festivals throughout the world.

A mini –festival screening of his films will be presented

by

COMMFFEST and Oscar Micheaux Film and Book

Festival,

SYNOPSIS OF TWO OSCAR MICHEAUX FILMS

TO BE SCREENED The "Symbol of the Unconquered" (1926, 58 min., silent

film) is Micheaux's only existing film with a cowboy story

line. It is an autobiographical borrowing from his first

novel, "The Conquest." Eve, a light skinned Black leaves

Alabama for South Dakota to occupy the land she

inherited. The hero, Hugh, a Black man, lives on the S.D.

land, later discovered to be very valuable. A group of

shady characters try to drive Hugh off his land with

anonymous threats and the KKK, but there are others who

defend and help Hugh. The story continues years later.

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"WITHIN OUR GATES": (1919, 78 min., silent film) is Micheaux's most famous and controversial film.

It is Micheaux's response to D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a

Nation."

A shocker when first released, this groundbreaking

film tells the story of a Black woman who attempts

to finance a school for kids in the South by getting

money in the North. The film's depiction of lynching

and rape are still disturbing today.

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OR $25.00 FOR BOTH SCREENINGS

SATURDAY

4:00PM Here Comes the Wolf: The pandemic Hoax

(53m, U S A) dir. by Juan Jose Rendon The H1N1 Flu pandemic caused mass hysteria throughout

the world, but was this hysteria founded on fact or

fabricated to manipulate public opinion? The Epidemic

Island questions how fear shapes the public consciousness

and how governments and trusted institutions use fear to

exploit the public’s vulnerability. The H1N1 flu was

labeled as a deadly virus, but why then, in Veracruz, the

so called epicenter of the pandemic, was there no death or

panic?

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Fire of the Final Days (10m, Canada)dir. Doug

LeConte Re-learning the processes of systems embedded in

traditional ways of life would allow us to synthesize a

broader range of interventions which in turn might serve

to halt the destruction of the planet. Just as the old growth

plants in the rain forest contain the cures too many of

humanities physical afflictions the old growth cultures

contain a synergistic world view that

can correct this aberrant behavioral disorder.

One Breath (5m, Canada)dir. by Dale Hildebrand In one breath, we have the ability to change the world,

through a greater understanding of humanities global

interconnectedness. A film without words, One Breath

speaks in a language that has no prejudice, as we take

an experiential quest across a landscape of rituals,

traditions and the appreciation of life's journey.

What's Up 1186 8m usa Kim Sheridan A small film crew looks up at the sky and contemplates

what's really going on with our environment. This film

was created as part of the 2010 International Documentary

Challenge, in which a short non-fiction film had to be

written, filmed, and produced within a five-day period.

First-time documentary filmmaker Kim Sheridan accepted

this challenge, but took it one step further. She chose to do

it all with a crew of only two: herself and her husband.

Kim wrote, directed, produced, co-edited, co-filmed,

narrated, and even created the musical score for 'What's

Up?' It is her intention that the film will encourage

viewers to open their eyes and their minds,

and to take action to make a positive difference in the

world around us.

Coalition Of The Willing (16m, United Kingdom)dir.

by Simon Robson Coalition of the Willing' is an animated film about

an on-line war against global warming in a post-

Copenhagen world.

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5.45PM poetry reading by Ann carson

Lifestyle Art Project: India, 12 min, studies in duality

by: Steven Perkins

Lifestyle Art Project explores six thematic juxtapositions

(1_looking & seeing, 2_water & dust, 3_stasis &

perpetual motion,

4_color & light, 5_extremities & vulnerabilities, and

6_acceptance & devotion).

Are they the same? How are they different? Does one

effect the other?

Shed no tears 74 min – Kaitlyn Summerill Advocating for the voiceless, Unseen Stories fights for

sustainable change and restoration of justice for the

victims of child trafficking in Benin, Africa. Shed No

Tears is a firsthand

account of the stories of trafficked children, their parents,

aide workers, and traffickers, exposing the threat of child

trafficking in Benin in an effort to end it.

Determined Directed by: Scott Scheirich 20 Canada Jennifer Polansky stars in this courageous true story

of a young Canadian woman who is kidnapped and

brutally raped.

The experience is so frightening that she begs her

assailants to kill her.

After 12 long hours her captors inexplicably let her go,

but this is just the beginning of her nightmare. Mentally

scarred and told by her doctor she may never be able

to bear children, Melissa (Jennifer Polansky) must face

the shame, embarrassment, and guilt that now

encompass both her family and herself.

Spirit of the Bluebird (6m, Canada)sub. by Xstine

Cook Using spray paint on a garage where Aboriginal mother

and grandmother Gloria Black Plume was brutally

murdered in 1999, Cree artist Jesse Gouchey paints a large

scale animation of a bluebird in flight. The beauty and

freedom of the bluebird's motion is contrasted with

remembrances of Gloria's surviving family members, who

give an emotional glimpse of a woman

lost to violence and the injustice of the legal system.

poem by Ann Carson followed by Q&A

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8.00pm Leap 20mi Canada Mark Hanson A young woman named Chloe confroints her

faith in love and humanity through two

parallel journeys into the absurd,. In one ,

Chloe becomes lost driving in the woods and

picks up a friendly hitchhike toshow her the

way, only to have him graually reveal a darker side.

Hauling (93m, Brazil)dir. by Sean Walsh

Often regarded as a marginal society, the recycling

underworld of Sao Paulo - Brazil's largest metropolis -

is the backdrop to the touching story of Claudines

and his family. 'Hauling' reveals the day-to-day life

of this man, a father to over 27 children, and of many

others who make their living out of collecting and

recycling material that others have thrown out.

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9.55pmHitomi (20m, Belgium)dir. by Manu De Smet Tom is a young man who has a strong connection

with the Japanese culture. Samurai, Jiu Jitsu, calligraphy;

not a day goes by without it. When a young

Asian lady enters his life he sees his knowledge

of the culture as the perfect way to attract her.

Night Ride (9m, Australia) Barry Gamba Pon, Ramy, Ashor and Jin are friends, boys from

Asian and Middle Eastern cultural backgrounds

who grew up on the mean streets of Western Sydney,

Australia. We're not a gang, they say, we're just mates.

But cruising in someone's dad's car, searching for fun

with nothing else to do, it all turns to tragedy one rainy

night.

Runt (20m, Canada) dir. by Edoardo Lopezpineda An action adventure film, following the events after

the main character loses a game of poker against a

no nonsense mob boss. The main character unable

to pay, has to complete the mobs dirty work which

gets him into a whole heap of trouble endangering

his own girlfriend. See what he has to do in order

to clear his name and save his loved one.

The Big Smoke (27m, Canada)dir. by Kalen Artinian

Adam & Sal have to deliver a bunch of pot to Toronto

in order to keep Adam & his Grandpa from being kicked

out of their house. On the way their car breaks down,

and they get picked up by a mysterious man in a

shady blue van. Shenanigans ensue.

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Malvern Screenings

SATURDAY DAY PASS FROM 4:00PM 11.30

$25.00

Scarborugh Malvern Public Library 30 Sewells rd

scarbourough

Saturday September 24 12 -4.00pm THIS IS A FREE

EVENT

12.00pm

Words that echo (18m, United Kingdom) Alana

McVerry HIV is modern day leprosy. People fear what they do not

know and fear those who may be exposing them to

something

'you can catch'. HIV is associated with prostitution,

drug addiction and ignorant sexual behaviour, and largely

discarded by the average man on the street.

The fact that many teens live with this disorder

through no fault of their own is almost unheard

of and their stories remain untold. This film gives

an intimate portrait of three teenagers who live

in secrecy with HIV and have learned that their

path to self-expression and self worth is through poetry.

Through their tales and their writings, we learn that

it is not the disease that they fear, but a fearful society

itself.

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Farm To Fridge (12m, U S A)dir. by Lee Iovino

Narrated by Academy Award nominee James Cromwell,

this powerful film takes viewers on an eye-opening

exploration behind the closed doors of the nations

largest industrial poultry, pig, dairy, and fish farms,

hatcheries, and slaughter plants - revealing the

often-unseen journey that animals make from Farm to

Fridge.

Grace (23m, Switzerland)dir. by Meagan Kelly

Grace' is the story of one young girl's struggle to

escape life as a scavenger . 13 year-old Mary-Grace

Rapatan has lived on a garbage dump in the Philippines

her entire life, picking through mountains of rotting

trash to help feed her family. The Rapatan's only

hope of escape is their eldest daughter, who saves

up what little money she has for elementary school.

Mary-Grace is at the top of her class until a family

emergency gives the girl no choice: quit school or

starve. After months of scavenging in the heat only

to make a few dollars a day, Mary-Grace begins to

wonder if she'll ever get a second chance to build

a future for her family.

1:30pm

Odd Number (52m, South Africa)dir. by Marius van

Straaten On the outside, you grow up with gangs.

You end up joining a gang. You are good with a gun and

become an assassin. They give you a target. You are

betrayed, and they find you.

You are shot twelve times, survive and end up in

the dreaded Pollsmoor Prison.Now, on the inside, you are

fighting for survival.

Odd Number is a story of redemption set in South Africa’s

Cape Flats, a low lying area south west of Cape Town, a

human dumping groundfor Apartheid era’s forced

removals of ‘black’ and ‘coloured’ people from 1948 to

1993. During this time, hundreds of labelled ‘non-whites’

were forced from their homes into undeveloped, dusty

pieces of land. With little or no education, and no existing

infrastructure or local economy, these areas withered. For

years the Cape Flats have

been ravaged by gang violence, drugs and crime, as some

of South Africa's poorest do what it takes to survive.

After the shearing USA 10m Vanessa Rojas

3:00pm After the shearing USA 10m Vanessa Rojas AFTER THE SHEARING is the story of Maggie,

a young girl living on a sheep farm who is struggling

to cope with and understand her mother's battle

with cancer. Using the rural surroundings she knows

so well as her anchor to a world turned upside down,

Maggie devises a plan and makes a heroic attempt

to save her mother's life.

DILLI (25m, India)dir. by Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas

DILLI is a moving collection of heartfelt interviews with

Delhi slum dwellers. Its lens focuses on a group of

dwellers, bringing to life the untold story of mass exodus

of thousands who were bulldozed from their homes and

transferred to a makeshift facade - Bawana without water,

shelter or drainage, while the city was being beautified for

Commonwealth Games 2010.

The Encounter (II) (20m, U S A)dir. by Angela

Matemotja

A young white woman on a search for inner peace,

gets stuck in an elevator with an older African man .

Though the residue of apartheid still remains, does

he hold the key to her finding inner peace?

The Encounter is a story about loss, compassion,

and how connected we really are. A dramatic exploration

of denying our past, and finding peace in the present,

by way of two strangers that get stuck in an elevator.

There are unexpected twists and turns, that surprise and

INSPIRE us all.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25 11:00am - 5:00pm TIFF BELL LIGHT BOX 250

King St. West Reitman Square Toronto

11:00AM

Second Line (6m, U S A) Danny Glover A neighbor, a friend or a stranger in need of a small act of kindness often passes by us

unnoticed.

It's a decision we make

every day - 'Am I too busy to lend a

moment of my time to another person?' Despite

overloaded schedules and the struggle to

balance the responsibilities of daily life,

it's important to remember how

little time it takes to 'do the right thing.'

When the middle class becomes homeless 35m Canada Ron Craven

Interviews from the downtown core Ron discovers the growing epidemic

of homelessness among the middle class.

Cape Town - Mother City? 37m South Africa Directed by: Tresor Ilunga Mukuna Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa and its most popular destination

for tourists. It is especially known for its beautiful beaches, Table Mountain, Lion’s Head,

Robben Island and the Cape Peninsula with famous Cape Point.

Because of its rich and diverse history, it is also one of the most multicultural cities in the

world. Cape Town is also known as the ‘Mother City’, but for those living on the streets the

perceptions are not the same.

Followed by a panel Discussion

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1.30pm Chasing Che 74m (Iran) Alireza Rofougaran (Che Guevara)

Chasing Che is the account of a four year odyssey in which an Iranian businessman, Alireza Rofougaran, switches the course of his life . Inspired by a biography of Che Guevara, which he reads and then translates into Farsi, Alireza embarks upon a long odyssey through Latin America and Europe, home movie camera in hand. His mission to retrace Che's footsteps. In an effort to gain a greater understanding of Che, he looks up any of the late revolunationary's surviving friends and foes.

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3:35 Rebirth of the Hip Hop Nation 68min USA Phala Herron Nazarine Rebirth of the Hip Hop Nation depicts an in-depth

perspective of recreating Hip Hop culture to serve

as a vehicle of change and progress.

It features and includes exclusive interviews,

live shows, and cameo appearances by KRS One,

Professor Griff, Brother J, Rev Al Sharpton,

Judge Mathis, John Forte, Wu-tang Clan,

Dres (Black Sheep), Acey Alone, Planet Asia,

Dilated Peoples, Stic Man, Lauryn Hill and more.

tickets $15.00· per person SUNDAY DAY PASS $25.00 TIFF ONLY EVENT PASSES

(EXCLUDES CLOSING NIGHT AND OSCAR MICHEAUX) $45:00

CLOSING night Film and awards. ST HISTORIC LAWRENCE GREAT HALL 157

king St. East Toronto

Kanata: An Irish Story (43m, Canada) dir. by Eleanor McGrath

Kanata: An Irish Story' explores the history

of the Irish in Canada in a new light through

voices from Newfoundland to Northwest Territories.

The film is a family album of individuals some famous;

others should be and some just want to be heard

on topics of stereotypes, religion, politics and culture

which has been generally ignored in the Canadian mosaic.

The viewer will meet individuals from the north

and south of Ireland and from the Jewish, Protestant and Catholic

cultures providing personal accounts to create a

gentle framework of history telling. 'Kanata: An Irish Story'

is the forgotten story of the Irish in Canada/Kanata.

followed by HARPIST ROBIN CHARLES

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FOLLOWED BY MADA awards