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![The Magnitude of All Things]()
Jennifer Abbott | Canada | 2020
85 min | CC Available
SPOTLIGHT EVENT: OPENING FILM
Co-presented by Telefilm Canada
In partnership with ReSurge Film Festival
Personal and profound loss merge in this exploration of grief as a call to action for the planet. Grief on this scale touches everything. But coming to terms with the brutal reality of climate breakdown requires more than empty words and gestures. When hope is lost, the real work begins.
![Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra Dance Theatre]()
Wayne Blair & Nel Minchin | Australia | 2020
96 min | Partial Subtitles
Supported by Guelph Dance
The story of how three young Aboriginal brothers turned a dance group into a First Nations cultural powerhouse, while exploring the loss and reclaiming of culture, the burden of intergenerational trauma, and – crucially – the power of art as a messenger for social change and healing.
![Dear Future Children]()
Franz Böhm | Germany, UK, Austria | 2021
89 min | Partial Subtitles
Co-presented by Hot Docs
With global protests on the rise, a new generation is at the heart of these political shifts. Rayen protests for social justice in Chile, Pepper fights for democracy in Hong Kong, and Hilda addresses climate change in Uganda, all while coping with the personal impact of their activism.
