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Migrant Dreams

Iris Ng: Visualizing stories

by Rachel Ho
February 20, 2024
Features

Iris Ng is a prolific cinematographer who has shot documentaries including Stories We Tell, The League of Exotique Dancers, and Migrant Dreams.

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POV Profile: Min Sook Lee

by Jonas Jacobs
May 1, 2016December 26, 2021
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Migrant Dreams director Min Sook Lee wants audiences to reimagine the way they see labour and migrant work in Canada.

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Review: ‘Migrant Dreams’

by Jonas Jacobs
April 28, 2016December 28, 2021
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Min Sook Lee's Migrant Dreams operates in the classic model of activist documentary filmmaking.

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