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Broke. wins prestigious Donald Brittain Award for best social-political documentary!

On November 13th the Gemini Academy celebrated this year’s best in Canadian television. Among the winners is the documentary Broke.
The Donald Brittain Award for best social-political documentary is named after one of the world’s most renowned and honoured documentary filmmakers.

Awards:          
2009   AMPIA Award for best documentary
2010   Gemini – Donald Brittain Award for best social-political documentary

WATCH 'Broke' Trailer

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Broke.
A cinema verite masterpiece...brilliantly captured... about an inner city pawnshop and a banker of last resort.

“This is a fabulous film. Among the best documentaries I've seen this year.”
Jesse Wente, CBC movie critic

“Cinematic gold...”
Glen Schaefer, The Province

“A gem of a documentary”...
Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun


Vue Magazine: ‘A brilliant piece of cinema verite’
http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=13518

Edmonton Journal: ‘A powerful documentary’
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/heartbreaking+glimpse+into+poverty/2186979/story.html

Festivals:
Hot Docs
Calgary International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Global Visions Film Festival
Guelph Film Festival
Salem Film Festival (USA)
Doc Point – Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland)

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The Dogwalker
Canada, 2007, 76’13
In co-production with NFB for ACCESS and CLT

In April 2008 The Dogwalker got lucky.
At AMPIA (Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association) the feature-length doc won two awards in the categories for best documentary over 30 minutes and best director.

DVD copies are available at www.nfb.ca

Watch 'This is my Kingdom'

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