Toe The Line
Catalogue Number: SMMI00
Producer: Snail Mail Media Inc.
Producers: Seidu, Fonna
Directors: Wu, Carolyn
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Diversity, Documentary, Gender Studies, Guidance, Health, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Sports
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2021
Running Time: 22:41
Toe The Line, written and directed by non-binary Canto storyteller Carolyn J. Wu, is a thought-provoking short film that follows the story of Gloria Chau, a closeted teenage hockey player who rediscovers her sense of purpose when she loses her childhood dream: playing Olympic hockey. Gloria is torn between two worlds: the fun and cutthroat world of hockey where she gets to be loud and proud in her queerness, and the one at home where she’s a recluse, using music to cope with being forced into becoming someone she’s not by her mother. Underlying these tensions is a deep racial divide. She learns to use the power of her ancestors to seek a new purpose and redefine success for herself.
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