Sickening (2020)
Film Sickening (2020) by Roya DelSol Runtime: 2.22 minutes Monday, May 17 – Monday, May 31 Sickening is an experimental performance piece following ballroom performer & designer Ebony Knowles as she uses raw material and sheer determination to metamorphose from her natural state to otherworldly up-and-coming ballroom runway legend. Link available at mayworks.ca on Monday, […]
Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Film Sorry We Missed You (2019), by Ken Loach Runtime: 100 minutes Sunday, May 9 – Sunday, May 16 Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a […]
The Words We Can’t Speak
Film The Words We Can’t Speak By Lindsay McIntyre Actor Table Read Workshop The Words We Can’t Speak is a screenplay in progress by writer and filmmaker Lindsay McIntyre. Festival audiences are invited to join for the last two hours of the workshop to listen to a final read through, followed by a Q&A with […]
unpruned tomato vines: A Conversation
Dialogues unpruned tomato vines: a conversation Friday, May 28, 6:30-8:00PM In the summer of 2019, Tea Base transformed what was once a pile of bricks sitting in the Chinatown Centre mall courtyard into the Anti-Displacement Garden; a place that welcomed public use and community gathering. In historically immigrant and working class neighborhoods across North America, […]
unpruned tomato vines: A Digital Exhibition
Visual art and Encounters unpruned tomato vines A digital exhibition in partnership with Tea Base What was once rubble barricaded by fencing in Chinatown Centre has been transformed by Tea Base and Friends of Chinatown Toronto (FOCT) into a community garden. In unpruned tomato vines artists Christie Carrière, Hannia Cheng, and Florence Yee share stories […]