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Every Child (1979)

Who will care for the child without a name?
Celebrate International Children's Day on November 20 with this animated short about a baby that gets passed from house to house before finding a home.

Salvation (2001)

An inside look at the Salvation Army
Shot in the streets of Toronto at Christmastime, this film chronicles the small hopes and tiny victories of life lived below the poverty line.

Subservience (2007)

Sometimes it takes a puppet to give us a reality check
Watch this bizarre tragicomic animated short for a puppet's eye view on the class struggle in today's society.

GDP – "Mall temptation" (2009)

Remember Dani the DJ? Seems she fell off the wagon.
In part two of The Savers Club story from the GDP project, Calgary DJ and self-confessed shopaholic Dani has been spotted at the mall…

Screen Test (2004)

November 16 – UNESCO International Day of Tolerance
In this short film from the Work for All project, an actor shares a first-hand account of the systematic racism that exists in the entertainment industry.
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