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Defund (2021)

Defund poster
Original title
DEFUND
Directed by
Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
14 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A sister and brother have been isolating together in Toronto during the pandemic. They are pushed to join the Black Lives Matter protests and have to work through their different views on political action.

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What happens

Defund is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah and Araya Mengesha and released in 2021. The film stars Roberts-Abdullah and Mengesha as a sister and brother who have been in isolation in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic, and must confront the complexities of political activism when they are motivated to get out into the streets during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. The film's cast also includes Karen Robinson, Vivien Endicott-Douglas, Getenesh Berhe, Nickeshia Garrick, Richard Lam and Anand Rajaram. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, and was subsequently screened at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival. The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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