Our Fair City
Oct 16, 03:40 PM by administrator
Program 10: Our Fair City – Local Truth
Sun. Nov. 9th, 1:30 PM
Open up any of the local papers around town and discover Vancouver has her share of sordid stories which lead to dramatic headlines. These local documentaries dig deeper past the sensationalism to explore the complicated people behind the sound bites. SCHOOL OF SECRETS exposes a Vancouver teacher’s systemic seduction of his students and how it affected them as grown women. WARRIOR BOYZ examines South Asian gangs and the youth attracted to the violent lifestyle.
School Of Secrets
Director/Writer: Melanie Wood | Producer: Eunice Lee
Documentary | DigiBeta | Colour | 2007 | 60 minutes | Canada
SCHOOL OF SECRETS, a documentary by Vancouver filmmakers Melanie Wood and Eunice Lee, presents a tale of truth – and its consequences – in the story of a Vancouver teacher and the teenage girls he seduced. Kept secret for decades, it’s a story that, when finally exposed, stunned the community.
Previous Screenings: CBC – “The Lens”
Warrior Boyz
Director/Writer: Baljit Sangra | Producers: Baljit Sangra, Cari Green, Selwyn Jacob (NFB)
Documentary | DigiBeta | Colour | 2008 | 43 minutes | Canada
Looking at some of the challenges that South Asian youth are facing today, WARRIOR BOYZ sets out to understand why they are vulnerable to the allure of gang culture. In the past decade over a hundred Indo-Canadian youth have been killed as a result of gang violence. Most of the victims came from middle class families within a tight knit community. This documentary follows two teenagers over a semester in a predominately South Asian school in a suburb to find out why youth continue to be vulnerable to this lifestyle.
Previous Screenings: DOXA Documentary Festival
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