Underplayed Gems

Unarmed Verses (2016)

Unarmed Verses poster
Directed by
Charles Officer
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
G
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows Black Canadian residents of a Toronto housing project that is being torn down and rebuilt. It shows their daily lives and feelings about the changes happening around them.

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What happens

Unarmed Verses is a 2017 Canadian documentary film, directed by Charles Officer. The film centres on the predominantly Black Canadian former residents of Villaways, a Toronto Community Housing project which is undergoing demolition and revitalization. The film premiered at Hot Docs, where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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