The St. Lawrence Great Hall is located at 157 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1G9. It is a historic venue within the St. Lawrence Hall, known for hosting social and business functions and is a part of the St. Lawrence Market Complex.
Director Karin Shapiro 61m
The story of six South African health pioneers who transformed community medicine in North Carolina, the US, and beyond. Escaping apartheid, they brought lessons learned in rural KwaZulu-Natal to an American South being reshaped by the Civil Rights Movement.
Portrait of a Monastary Directed by 40 USA John Decker
A visual mediation on the everyday life of Anglican Benedictine monks living in community together at Holy Cross Monastery in New York
Plays with A Road Out
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Love letters of survivors Linda Broocks 54m USA
This film presents the stories of 8 women who were lured into or trapped into the “Life” of sex trafficking as minors but courageously managed with grit and determination to escape that life. The film examines the societal factors that led these women to the Life, the many obstacles each faced and overcame in exiting the Life, and the ways in which viewers can participate in addressing the problem of sex trafficking in the US.
plays with Open Your Immigrant Heart
followed by a panel discussion.
Special guest speaker Ex RCMP Calvin Lawrence will be speaking on how women are groomed into trafficking
Open Your Heart 18m
Director – Jessica Ericka Epstein
Open Your Heart is about a group of young people from the youth nonprofit, ZUMIX, who embark on a creative, year-long research and performance project about immigrant stories. The film traces their journey, from interviewing 7 immigrant activists from East Boston to performing their stories with professional Latinx actors in a live staged production at Boston City Hall Plaza in 2023. Touching, powerful and inspiring, Open Your Heart demonstrates the power of community, support and love, as the youth discover and are inspired by the resilience of immigrants in their community, despite the challenges they face.
