KDocsFF celebrates 10 years, announces lineup for online fest, February 18 to 27, 2022

Metro Vancouver's premier social justice film festival unveils roster of 21 documentaries, as well as keynote speakers and live Q&As for “KDocs 2022: Seeking Truth. Waging Change.”

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Opening Special Presentation on February 19 is a double feature of Waging Change and The Gig is Up (with the short film Ride Fair) along with a discussion panel.

KDocsFF: Seeking Truth. Waging Change. has announced a full roster of films, streaming online on-demand from February 18 to 27, 2022.

Metro Vancouver's premier social justice film festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a roster of 21 timely documentaries. See the full trailer below.

Tickets go on sale here on January 5 at $5 per film (including Special Presentations), with a 48-hour viewing window, or $45 for a full, all-inclusive festival pass.

Highlights include the Canadian premiere of Lupita, about a survivor of the Tsostil Maya massacre survivor who’s at the forefront of a new movement of Indigenous women; Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map, focusing on the passionate local social activist who’s been called the “Canadian Bernie Sanders; The Gig Is Up, an exposé on the real costs of the platform economy; Waging Change, which shines a spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips; Alice Street, following a massive mural project by two Oakland artists, Chilean painter Pancho Peskador and aerosol artist Desi Mundo; and Warrior Women, the story of American Indian Movement leader Madonna Thunder Hawk.

There are three special presentations with live Q&As and panel discussions. On February 19 at 7 pm, speakers from The Gig Is Up, the short film Ride Fair, and Waging Change are on deck. February 25 at 7 pm, representatives from Warrior Women include Madonna Thunder Hawk and Marcella Gilbert (Madonna’s daughter) and from the short film Lupita Guadalupe Vázquez Luna (aka Lupita). On February 26 at 7 pm, join speakers from Alice Street and Jean Swanson: We Need a New Map.

Other titles include A Once and Future Peace, a hybrid animated-live-action documentary exploring the past, present and future of Peacemaking Circles; Ascension, an exploration of factory work and contemporary China’s identity as it relates to its vision of consumerism, innovation, and social standing; Dead Boy, a look at the issues of drug overdose and the way it shatters families; and In the Rumbling Belly of Motherland, about Zan TV, Kabul’s female- operated, female-oriented news agency; Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’s Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy; The Ants and the Grasshopper, is paired with the short doc What about Our Future? and with keynote speaker Bill McKibben; and many more.

KDocsFF brings you the documentaries and their lively discussions in partnership with its festival partner the Vancouver International Film Centre and Vancity Theatre and its Signature Presenting Partner, the Kwantlen Student Association.

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