Flemingdon Park: The Global Village

Using vintage footage and commentary from former residents, this documentary examines the history and current reality of Toronto’s Flemingdon Park. Now a subsidized housing project, it was built in 1961 as a trendy urban utopia for artists and young professionals. A decade later it was sold, and Flemingdon became home to tens of thousands of refugees and new immigrants from around the globe.

Often cited as a model of urban planning for communities from Los Angeles to Shanghai, Flemingdon Park's flip side is a history of violence and racism that residents have fought to overcome. Yet despite challenges, the community succeeds in making people from around the world feel at home in a different kind of utopia – one where differences are celebrated and new visions are possible.

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  • FlemoParkResident

    “I have lived In Flemingdon Park from 1995 to the Present and I can tell you that Flemingdon Park has a reputation for being one of the most violent areas in Toronto. But looking into the future, Flemingdon Park Is expanding a Justice System that Is decreasing the need for saying that Flemingdon Park is a danegorus area.” — FlemoParkResident, 8 Aug 2012

  • adoborepublic

    “I've lived in this area from 1997 to 2003 and I'd say it's the best place to be initiated in about living in Canada. It is so true that the area is a mosaic of different nationalities trying to live together with each other but most of all overcome the challenge of tolerance to each nationalities' differences. For me it is the whole world all in one place.” — adoborepublic, 8 Aug 2010

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Film Credits

director
Andrew Faiz
producer
Gerry Flahive
editor
David Battistella
director of photography
John Minh Tran
sound recordist
Sanjay Mehta
Robert Fletcher
original music composer
Orin Isaacs
sound effects editor
Timothy Mehlenbacher
mixer
Steve Munro
Timothy Mehlenbacher
design
David Battistella
graphics
Dale Clark
research
Tanya Fleet
Elizabeth Klinck
Meredith Martin
Andrew Faiz

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