Hello Film! Ninth Floor

Hello Film! Ninth Floor

Mina Shum, 2015
81 minutes
Original English version, French subtitles

Director Mina Shum makes her foray into feature documentary by reopening the file on a watershed moment in Canadian race relations – the infamous Sir George Williams Riot. Over four decades after a group of Caribbean students accused their professor of racism, triggering an explosive student uprising, Shum locates the protagonists and listens as they set the record straight, trying to make peace with the past.

The documentary will be preceded by the short film reXistence (Will Prosper, 2025, 9 min)

This event is in collaboration with CinéCozry. The screening will be followed by a discussion; more details to come.