Showing at the festival: Wednesday, October 4, 1 p.m., SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts Friday, October 6, 6 p.m., Rio Theatre. Charles Officer’s Unarmed Verses presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community facing imposed relocation, taking a look at marginalized Toronto Community Housing residents in the city’s north-east end. At the centre
Charles Officer
Unarmed Verses, a Must See Documentary!

Premiering May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Charles Officer’s Unarmed Verses presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community facing imposed relocation, taking a look at marginalized Toronto Community Housing residents in the city’s north-east end. At the centre of the story is a remarkably astute and luminous 12-year-old black
An Empowered Producer Selwyn Jacob
The Kinsala Symphony won a VIFF Most Popular Nonfiction Film AwardThe audience chose KINSHASA SYMPHONY (Germany),directed by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer for the VIFF most popular Nonfiction Film Award. This German film set in the Democratic Republic of Congo shows how people living in one of the most chaotic cities in the world find joy by playing classical music