Babe, I Hate to Go (2017)
- Original title
- Babe, I Hate To Go
- Directed by
- Andrew Moir
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Jamaican migrant worker in Ontario hides his cancer diagnosis from his family back home while continuing to send money and work on a farm. The film follows him through his daily life and medical visits.
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What happens
Babe, I Hate to Go is a 2017 Canadian documentary film directed by Andrew Moir. The film centres on Delroy Dunkley, a migrant worker from Jamaica who works on a farm in Southwestern Ontario to support his family, but is trying to shield them from his own cancer diagnosis. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2017, before being distributed primarily on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Short Docs web platform. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards. A full-length version of the film, Don't Come Searching, was released in 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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