Welcome to the Hot Docs screening schedule, where you can browse all of the films in this year’s festival.
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Dir(s): Rosie Dransfeld
Program: Canadian Spectrum
Run Time: 77 | Canada | Language: English
View the trailer for Broke on the Hot Docs YouTube channel
"They come because they're desperate. They need money, for whatever reason. Where else are they gonna get money? You don't see the way the poor people live until you come here and see it." - David Woolfson, owner, A1 Trading
It's not a pretty picture, but it's one powerful depiction of reality. A1 Trading, a pawnshop in Edmonton's inner city, is the bank of last resort for junkies desperate for $10, out-of-work men who have to pawn their equipment, and two elderly Aboriginal ladies who need a bit of money for food. Woolfson, a crusty old Jewish immigrant from South Africa, had run the shop for 16 years when Chris Hoard, a troubled young Aboriginal man, started assisting him-for free. Rosie Dransfeld brilliantly captures the relationship between the soft-hearted Woolfson and Hoard, a self-confessed ex-con and psychopath, while her cinéma-vérité style draws us deep into Broke's world of bargaining, insults, and desperation. Lynne Fernie.
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Director(s) : Rosie Dransfeld
Producer(s) : Rosie Dransfeld
Cinematographer(s) : Sergio Olivares
Editor(s) : Scott Parker
Composers(s) : Louis Sedmak, Van Wilmott
Broke deals with the following subjects: Addiction & Mental Heath, Poverty, Sociology, Urban Tales
Broke will be presented at the following times and locations.
| Time | Films | Venue | Tickets | Calendar |
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| 6:30 pm Mon, May 4 |
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| 1:30 pm Thu, May 7 |
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| 9:45 pm Sun, May 10 |
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The following titles are in the Canadian Spectrum category along with Broke.
People who added Broke to their My Hot Docs calendar also added the following films.
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For screenings that have sold out in advance, a limited number of rush tickets may be available at the screening venue’s box office ten minutes before the screening time, subject to availability.
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