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Mardookhi, a Kurdish Canadian director, didn’t only want to focus on loss—he aimed to show what families did in response to this.

Mardookhi, a Kurdish Canadian director, didn’t only want to focus on loss—he aimed to show what families did in response to this.

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This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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