Film Categories: Race + Ethnicity

  • Videos with Mom

    “Breast” (3:25 min.) “Follow” (5:46 min.) “Haircut” (2:46 min.) “Passing” (8:12 min.) Originally I’d been working on a larger project dealing with the exploration of subjective self through intimate relationships: my mother and two ex-girlfriends. My mother was willing to cooperate. We shot “experiments”, “tests”, and “games” throughout the fall, winter, and spring semesters. I screened the footage and it played well. The absent ex-girlfriend sections atrophied. Out they went! I designed rules and scenarios, tested the ones that magnified my relationship with my mother. I did my best to think of each experiment as “What happens if I…” rather…

  • Transforming FAMILY

    “Transforming FAMILY” jumps directly into an ongoing conversation among trans people about parenting. It’s a beautiful snapshot of current issues, struggles and strengths of transexual, transgender and gender fluid parents (and parents-to-be) in North American society today.

  • her silent life

    A version of family. From mother, grandmother, great-grandmother to me, stories flow through our matrilineal heritage to explore the remarkable life of my Inuk great-grandmother.

  • Hawker, The

    “When I was a kid in Singapore, the same person served me chicken rice every day. I didn’t know if that person was a man or a woman, and that was awesome.”

  • Fuckbuddies

    Two men meet up at lunchtime for some fast backseat action, but the money shot may not be as expected. – Inside Out LGBT Film & Video Festival Spanish with English subtitles

  • Scaffolding (Andamio)

    Eduardo, a snob publicist who lives cranky most of the day and David, a shy student of literature are neighbors in a building under construction. After 6 months hardly greet a scaffold intercede between them causing unexpected reactions in each. Spanish with English subtitles

  • Immigrant, The

    After being deported to his native Canada, once-famous comedian Bob London attempts a Hollywood comeback by sneaking across the Mexico-US border. Rejected by his famous friends, penniless and alone, Bob is adopted by a pair of migrant workers who resolve to show him how to make it in America. Starring: Scott Thompson, Dave Foley, Deborah Theaker, Deadlee, Luis Jimenez, Gilbert Martinez, Margaret Cho, Michael Cera & Will Forte.

  • Our Protection

    “I’m watching you watching me, watching you watching me, watching you watching me. You hit bodies, while we hit streets, say it’s for our protection, when was just your decision” “Our Protection” is a music video for the band LAL for their 4th CD release. The song and the video are inspired by the G20 protests of 2010 in Toronto. Animation, mixed with real time photo and clips of protests, protesters, police violence and LAL, gives you a glimpse into the reality of loss of civil liberties we are facing more and more. Soon we won’t be allowed to dance…

  • El Barrio

    A colorful mosaic of the people of Toronto’s downtown core – one of the most culturally diverse areas in North America. Vivid images and dynamic editing capture the intense spirit of these groups and their festivities, eventually merging them into one glorious celebration.

  • Dawn

    Dawn tells the story of two strangers who have more in common than they first realize. After Tye detects what he considers a racist glance from another passenger on the evening train home, a confrontation ensues. Tye is shocked to discover that they share something big, and both men are forced to face their prejudices in ways they never expected. Iris Prize Shortlist 2013