Into the Light brings discussions about domestic violence in Canada’s immigrant communities into the open and refreshingly destigmatises the act of speaking out.
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Keep ReadingMira Burt-Wintonick discusses her new film Wintopia, a moving and personal reflection about her late father, Peter Wintonick -- filmmaker, former POV editor, and Canada's documentary ambassador.
Keep ReadingMust see Indigenous documentaries and movies from the National Film Board of Canada.
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