
VIFF 2023: I’m Just Here for the Riot recalls 2011 mayhem in Vancouver
Co-directors Kathleen S. Jayme and Asia Youngman speak to some of the riot participants, who are now remorseful young adults.

Co-directors Kathleen S. Jayme and Asia Youngman speak to some of the riot participants, who are now remorseful young adults.

Lee demonstrates that he can be both funny and emotional in Kathleen Jayme’s lighthearted short tribute film.

The Vancouver director will feature the Kim’s Convenience star in an NFB initiative for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards.



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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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