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The Regent Park Film Festival Fundraising Screening
October 15, 2014 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
$50The Regent Park Film Festival Fundraising Screening
featuring 2014 Hot Docs Audience Award winning film
Directed by Madeleine Grant and Produced by Jessica Cheung
The Backward Class is a hopeful coming-of-age story. The first class of Dalit (‘untouchable’) caste students, in India’s history, undertake the national ISC high school graduation exams as a means to a brighter future for themselves, and an opportunity to break their families out of the destitution they’ve been entrenched in for generations.
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Event Information:
- Wednesday, October 15th 2014
- 6:30PM Cocktail Reception, 8PM Screening of The Backward
- Ada Slaight Hall, Daniels Spectrum
Cocktail Reception | Exclusive Screening access | Q & A with Filmmakers |
Performances by the Samba Squad, Beat Poet Jordy Gittens and more!
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