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Image credit: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)
2025, 46:00 minutes, colour
tapecode 626.38
In this powerful documentary, Jewish activists, elders, and community members share deeply personal testimonies about their heritage, Zionist upbringing, and awakening to Palestinian suffering. Facing fear, shame, and accusations of betrayal, they choose to act, declaring that the pledge of “Never Again” cannot… ⊕
2024, 08:20 minutes
tapecode 302.03
Makeshift, spontaneous, and unconventional memorials randomly encountered throughout Toronto. Personal yet often activist in nature, many of these tributes document the passing of marginalized, murdered, and lesser-known individuals. Found in public spaces of civic sprawl, these sites were photographed and filmed between 2019… ⊕
At an underground club in the 1980s, a young man flirts with a mysterious older guy, as a serial killer and a new “gay cancer” lurk on the sidelines. Four decades later, in the midst of a new pandemic, the same man returns to the revamped nightclub where he meets someone as young as he was on that magical night long… ⊕
A trio of film poems exploring the individual's struggle for survival and stability on an overpopulated planet. Shot on hand-processed 16 mm combined with digital stills, found footage, and phytograms made by leaving organic matter on film stock in the sun.
Justice (After Margaret Dragu) was first curated by the 7a-11d International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto in 2016. This video is documentation from that live performance. Justice is an homage not only to those of us who seek freedom from arcane systems of abusive power, but also to artist Margaret Dragu and her… ⊕