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SUMMARY:MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE 2020
DESCRIPTION:Buy your 2020 ALL ACCESS 2020 PASS  and you will have access t
 o all the Festival online film screenings!\n\nThe NFB films in the program
  are :\nCHRISTOPHER CHANGES HIS NAME\nBy Cilia Sawadogo\nThis animated sho
 rt for children tells the story of Christopher\, a little boy who didn't w
 ant to be called Christopher anymore. Such a common name! When Aunty Gail 
 from Trinidad tells him a story about a Tiger\, Christopher changes his na
 me to Tiger. But then he finds a better name. When he has trouble cashing 
 a birthday cheque\, he realizes maybe he should stick with his original na
 me... or maybe not?\n\nICE BREAKERS\nBy Sandamini Rankaduwa\n\nJosh Crooks
  is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him a
 re chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history o
 f a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada\, as Crooks discover
 s that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable heritage.\n
 THE CORA PLAYER\nBy Cilia Sawadogo\n\nTwo young Africans from different so
 cial backgrounds want to defy tradition and be free to love each other. Th
 is Burkina Faso/Canada co-production is based on Article 12 of the United 
 Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child\, which particularly upholds
  the right to love freely\, blind to convention and social class. An anima
 ted film without words for twelve to seventeen yers olds.\nTRUE NORTH: INS
 IDE THE RISE OF TORONTO BASKETBALL\nBy Ryan Sidhoo\nOn the heels of the To
 ronto Raptors’ historic NBA Championship and the record-setting number o
 f Canadian draft picks\, the Toronto hoop dream is more alive than ever. I
 n this feature-length doc\, director Ryan Sidhoo shines the spotlight on 1
 2-year-old Elijah Fisher\, 15-year-old Keone Davis and 18-year-old Cordell
  Veira as they navigate today’s youth basketball machine in pursuit of t
 heir own NBA dreams.\n\nFor more information\,  please click here.\n\n&nb
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