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New films by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams, Jennifer Abbott, Ariel Nasr and Michèle Stephenson
Powerful non-fiction stories will be showcased online across Alberta from May 6 to 16 during Edmonton’s NorthwestFest 2021, where four feature-length Natio...
New films by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams, Jennifer Abbott, Ariel Nasr and Michèle Stephenson
Powerful non-fiction stories will be showcased online across Alberta from May 6 to 16 during Edmonton’s NorthwestFest 2021, where four feature-length National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries have been selected to screen.
Someone Like Me, by Edmonton-born Sean Horlor and former Edmontonian Steve J. Adams, a team of Vancouver filmmakers who are interested in stories about social and criminal injustice, particularly with regards to the LGBTQ2+ community.
The Magnitude of All Things (Cedar Island Films/Flying Eye Productions/NFB) by Sundance award-winning director Jennifer Abbott, based in Vancouver.
The Forbidden Reel (Loaded Pictures/NFB) by Afghan-Canadian director and Oscar-nominated producer Ariel Nasr, the NFB’s interim Quebec and Atlantic Studio producer in Montreal.
Stateless (Hispaniola Productions/NFB) by distinguished Haitian-Canadian director Michèle Stephenson, now based in New York City.
About the films
Someone Like Me by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams (80 min.) – Alberta premiere
Someone Like Me follows the parallel journeys of Drake, a gay asylum seeker from Uganda, and a group of strangers from Vancouver’s queer community who are tasked with supporting his resettlement in Canada. Together, they embark on a year-long quest for personal freedom, revealing how in a world where one must constantly fight for the right to exist, survival itself becomes a victory.
Produced by Teri Snelgrove and Shirley Vercruysse, and executive-produced by Shirley Vercruysse for the BC & Yukon Studio.
The Magnitude of All Things by Jennifer Abbott (85 min.)
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister...
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