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The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power / by Cole, Desmond,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In May 2015, the cover story of Toronto Life magazine shook Canada's largest city to its core. Desmond Cole's "The Skin I'm In" exposed the racist practices of the Toronto police force, detailing the dozens of times Cole had been stopped and interrogated under the controversial practice of carding. The story quickly came to national prominence, went on to win a number of National Magazine Awards and catapulted its author into the public sphere. Cole used his newfound profile to draw insistent, unyielding attention to the injustices faced by Black Canadians on a daily basis: the devastating effects of racist policing; the hopelessness produced by an education system that expects little of its black students and withholds from them the resources they need to succeed more fully; the heartbreak of those vulnerable before the child welfare system and those separated from their families by discriminatory immigration laws. Both Cole's activism and journalism find vibrant expression in his first book, The Skin We're In. Puncturing once and for all the bubble of Canadian smugness and naïve assumptions of a post-racial nation, Cole chronicles just one year-- 2017-- in the struggle against racism in this country. It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when African refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States, racial epithets used by a school board trustee, a six-year-old girl handcuffed at school. The year also witnessed the profound personal and professional ramifications of Desmond Cole's unwavering determination to combat injustice. In April, Cole disrupted a Toronto police board meeting by calling for the destruction of all data collected through carding. Following the protest, Cole, a columnist with the Toronto Star, was summoned to a meeting with the paper's opinions editor and was informed that his activism violated company policy. Rather than limit his efforts defending Black lives, Cole chose to sever his relationship with the publication. Then in July, at another TPS meeting, Cole challenged the board publicly, addressing rumours of a police cover-up of the brutal beating of Dafonte Miller by an off-duty police officer and his brother. When Cole refused to leave the meeting until the question was publicly addressed, he was arrested. The image of Cole walking, handcuffed and flanked by officers, out of the meeting fortified the distrust between the city's Black community and its police force. In a month-by-month chronicle, Cole locates the deep cultural, historical and political roots of each event so that what emerges is a personal, painful and comprehensive picture of entrenched, systemic inequality. Urgent, controversial and unsparingly honest, The Skin We're In is destined to become a vital text for anti-racist and social justice movements in Canada, as well as a potent antidote to the all-too-present complacency of many white Canadians."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Black Canadians; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Minorities; Police brutality; Police misconduct; Police-community relations; Race discrimination;
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How to Be a Good Wife. by Provost, Martin,film director.; Binoche, Juliette,actor.; Lvovsky, Noémie,actor.; Moreau, Yolande,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Juliette Binoche, Noémie Lvovsky, Yolande MoreauOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2020.Recently a widow, Paulette Van Der Beck starts to question the suppressed status of females while running a housekeeping school for teenage girls in 1968 France.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures, French.;
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Falcon Lake. by Le, Charlotte,film director.; Engel, Joseph,actor.; Gonthier, Karine,actor.; Chokri, Monia,actor.; Montpetit, Sara,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joseph Engel, Karine Gonthier Hyndman, Monia Chokri, Sara MontpetitOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.Bastien and Chloé spend the summer with their families on the shore of a lake; it will be the summer great discoveries: teenage love, first desires, joys and sorrows of early adulthood.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Coming of age.;
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Mascarade. by Bedos, Nicolas,film director.; Cluzet, François,actor.; Adjani, Isabelle,actor.; Vacth, Marine,actor.; Niney, Pierre,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
François Cluzet, Isabelle Adjani, Marine Vacth, Pierre NineyOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy.; Crime.;
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Other People's Children. by Zlotowski, Rebecca,film director.; Mastroianni, Chiara,actor.; Zem, Roschdy,actor.; Efira, Virginie,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chiara Mastroianni, Roschdy Zem, Virginie EfiraOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.Rachel is 40 years old and loves her life's stability. But by falling in love with Ali, she's getting attached to his daughter Leila, taking all the risks that come along with loving other people's children.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Romance.; Motion pictures, French.;
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Three Musketeers: D'artagnan. by Bourboulon, Martin,film director.; Green, Eva,actor.; Civil, François,actor.; Garrel, Louis,actor.; Duris, Romain,actor.; Krieps, Vicky,actor.; Cassel, Vincent,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Eva Green, François Civil, Louis Garrel, Romain Duris, Vicky Krieps, Vincent CasselOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2023.In a Kingdom divided by religious wars and under threat of invasion, a handful of men and women will cross swords and tie their fate to that of France.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Motion pictures, French.; Historical drama.; Action and adventure films.;
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Peter von Kant. by Ozon, Francois,film director.; Ménochet, Denis,actor.; Adjani, Isabelle,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Denis Ménochet, Isabelle AdjaniOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2022.Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema…Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Queer cinema.;
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Frontières. by Édoin, Guy,film director.; Beaulieu, Christine,actor.; Castonguay, Marilyn,actor.; Bussières, Pascale,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christine Beaulieu, Marilyn Castonguay, Pascale BussièresOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2023.Diane Messier lives with her two sisters and her daughter Sarah on a farm in the Eastern Townships near the American border. In the wake of a tragic accident, Diane starts feeling as though she is under constant threat, going so far as to believe that her house is haunted. Concerned, her mother Angèle, returns from Florida to support her daughter and attempt to bring the family together.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.;
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Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom. by Canet, Guillaume,film director.; Lellouche, Gilles,actor.; Canet, Guillaume,actor.; Cotillard, Marion,actor.; Cassel, Vincent,actor.; Ibrahimovic, Zlatan,actor.; Sphere Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Gilles Lellouche, Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Zlatan IbrahimovicOriginally produced by Sphere Films in 2023.Princess Sass-Yi flees to Gaul to ask for help from the two valiant warriors Asterix and Obelix, who are endowed with superhuman strength thanks to their magic potion. Our two inseparable heroes gladly help the Princess save her mother and free her country, and thus begins a great voyage and adventure on the road to China.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion pictures, French.; Action and adventure films.; Fantasy fiction.;
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La fine fleur [videorecording] = The rose maker / by Bouyahmed, Fatsah,1971-actor.; Foulgoc, Manel,actor.; Frot, Catherine,1956-actor.; Pinaud, Pierre,film director.; Sphere Films,distributor.;
Catherine Frot, Manel Foulgoc, Fatsah Bouyahmed.Eve Vernet was the largest rose grower. It is now on the verge of bankruptcy, on the verge of being bought out by a powerful competitor. In addition, Véra, her faithful secretary, employed three employees without any gardening skills.PG.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures, French.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Bankruptcy; Rose growers; Rose industry;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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