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Homeless in Toronto: Fighting Back
Filmed in November 2002 at workshops in Toronto lead by veteran Tiger Dee Dee Halleck and video professor Rebecca Garrett, this production relates the struggles of the homeless in Toronto, Canada. The last two years have seen major confrontations as the burgeoning population of people without shelter seek redress by squatting, protesting, live-ins in the municipal park and a militant march on the Canadian parliament. Although continually met with violence and harassment, they fight back for the right to affordable housing. This program features John Clark, who has been charged with sedition against the nation for his actions as a leader of OCAP, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Clark is an inspirational leader whose tactics have influenced homeless organizing from Delhi to Capetown. His persecution by the Canadian government is an example of the attempts to silence international radical opposition. This production was made by students at OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) and OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design.)
2003 TRT: 28 minutes #315