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Director: Anthony Goertz | 2020 | 49 min | Canada
Inside the world-renowned waste management centre located in Edmonton, Alberta, a company called Quality One is hiring people facing barriers to employment to help tackle the crucial work of reducing the city’s ecological footprint. The result: real community in an unlikely place.
Screening Sponsored by: CANADIAN CINEMA EDITORS
LIsten in to our filmmaker spotlight with Director Anthony Goertz.
PRECEDED BY THE SHORT FILM: Joe Buffalo
Director: Amar Chebib | 2021 | 16 min | Canada
Fresh from winning the Documentary Competition Audience Award at this year's SXSW Film Festival, this heartfelt short film tells the beautifully rendered story of Joe Buffalo, Maskwacis Cree Nation skateboard legend. Joe survived Canada's notorious residential school system as a child and battled a variety of demons en route to realizing his dreams of turning pro.
Hear from Joe himself on Global Edmonton.