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Michelle Latimer gives voice to First Nation, Inuit and Metis stories at TIFF
Doreen Nicoll | Filmmaker Michelle Latimer is premiering her provocative documentary, "Inconvenient Indian," and her new CBC series, "Trickster," at TIFF, giving a voice to those whom colonialism tries to silence.
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Two films about Indigenous perseverance premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
Doreen Nicoll | This year's Toronto International Film Festival features "Now is the Time" and "Jordan River Anderson: The Messenger" -- two incredible stories of First Nations perseverance and ultimately success.
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Don't Talk to Irene - Pat Mills talks about his new film about fitting in
David Peck | Pat Mills & Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film Don’t Talk To Irene, gender disparity, bullying, random ideas, freedom & non-conformity and why Geena Davis portraying God is important.
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"Our People Will Be Healed" - a glimpse of what action-driven decolonization looks like in Manitoba's Norway House
David Peck | Alanis Obamsawin talks to David Peck about decolonization in action from the community of Norway House, Manitoba, the power of story & why hope isn’t a big enough word.
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'We Forgot To Break Up' - making new myths about Canada's indie rock heritage
David Peck | David Peck talks to the writer and lead actor in a film about indie music, gender identity, memory & sexuality and the messiness of intimate friendships.
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A chat with the makers of the Apartheid South Africa film 'Five Fingers for Marseilles'
David Peck | David Peck talks to Michael Matthews and Sean Drummond about land rights, Apartheid, heroes and colonization, nationalism, pride & race relations
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Racism, identity and empathy - themes of the new film "Beyond Words"
David Peck | David Peck talks to Urszula Antoniak about her new film Beyond Words -- identity, voice, racism and otherness, immigration and empathy and how a film is rarely about the plot.
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Looking at Violence from the other side - Robert Schwentke talks about 'Der Hauptman"
David Peck | Robert Schwentke, Frederick Lau, Max Hubacher and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film The Captain, violence from a perpetrator's perspective, and the banality of evil.
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The film 'Gutland' - Sometimes evil doesn't think it's evil
David Peck | Govinda Van Maele, Frederick Lau and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Gutland, irony, cynicism, childhood dreams, fairytales for adults, and why evil doesn’t think its evil.
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'What Will People Say?' Iram Haq's film on cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict
David Peck | Iram Haq and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film, which covers gender, oppression, family, anger, fear and shame.
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'Disappearance': A film about how death inspires us
David Peck | Boudewijn Koole and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film "Disappearance," looking closer, the wonder and mystery of life, and death as an inspiration.
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'Cocaine Prison': A film about the war on drugs, Bolivian jails and coca farmers
David Peck | Violeta and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Cocaine Prison, freedom, power and politics, the "war on drugs" and Indigenous history and truth.