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Toe The Line


Catalogue Number:  SMMI00
Producer:  Snail Mail Media Inc.
Producers:  Seidu, Fonna
Directors:  Wu, Carolyn
Subject:  Canadian Social Issues, Diversity, Documentary, Gender Studies, Guidance, Health, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Sports
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2021
Running Time:  22:41


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Toe The Line, written and directed by non-binary Canto storyteller Carolyn J. Wu, is a thought-provoking short film that follows the story of Gloria Chau, a closeted teenage hockey player who rediscovers her sense of purpose when she loses her childhood dream: playing Olympic hockey. Gloria is torn between two worlds: the fun and cutthroat world of hockey where she gets to be loud and proud in her queerness, and the one at home where she’s a recluse, using music to cope with being forced into becoming someone she’s not by her mother. Underlying these tensions is a deep racial divide. She learns to use the power of her ancestors to seek a new purpose and redefine success for herself.


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