In winter of 1986 our mother writes in her diary: “To scratch the surface of a subject does not penetrate deep into the subject”. Almost three decades later, Pictures of Departure takes this entry and sets off to explore the surfaces and the scratches that linger across generations.Parastoo Anoushahpour and Faraz… ⊕

In keeping with the Inuit oral culture, Of Ravens and Children is a documentary exploring the issues of family, community, self, environment and culture. Children and teens of Igloolik participated in a summer camp where they could openly talk about global issues. Elders speak about the importance of story-telling in their… ⊕

But You’re Not Black opens during Toronto’s Caribana, which Danielle Ayow has attended for most of her life. The festival represents her parents’ Trinidadian culture, but Danielle is also Chinese and visibly so. She struggles with how people see her background, and how she should see herself.Danielle’s… ⊕

This video presentation amplifies the bias of fictional distorted images of black males. Media of all types, this production included, display distorted images. These portrayals show how exaggerated simple-minded stereotyped images create beliefs that predict actions that reinforce false stereotypes that can and do affect the… ⊕

Queer Lines is an 18-min performance-for-the-camera that came out of an at-home residency with FADO Performance Art Center in the spring/summer of 2021. The process I undertake as an artist is an investigation into the subject-object binary. By using my own body in my performances, I experience the blurry zones of the human… ⊕