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The Search
Scotiabank Theatre 8 Thu, May 2, 2019 8:00 PM
Decades after a bloody internal armed conflict in Peru that claimed nearly 70,000 lives, a former child soldier, a survivor and a young writer explore their experiences of loss and trauma—both firsthand and inherited—in this deeply empathetic journey.
The Search
Scotiabank Theatre 8 Sat, May 4, 2019 2:30 PM
Decades after a bloody internal armed conflict in Peru that claimed nearly 70,000 lives, a former child soldier, a survivor and a young writer explore their experiences of loss and trauma—both firsthand and inherited—in this deeply empathetic journey.
Film Info
Runtime:19
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Canada
Premiere Status:Canadian Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2019
Language:English
Spanish
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Shorts
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Ross Lai
Producer(s):Nicolas Houghton
Christian Tyler
Tamara Sulliman
Executive Producer(s):Andrew Simon
Editor(s):Ashton Lewis
Cinematography:Diego Guijarro
Composer:Umber Hamid
Christopher Stiliadis
Sound:Boombox Sound

Description

Honourable Mention—Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary

This is the unconscionable story of Teodora del Carmen Vasquez, who suffers a stillbirth at full term and is cruelly sentenced to an 11-year jail sentence in El Salvador under some of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the world. Mariam Zaidi