Welcome
2008, Canada, 8 min 5 sec, Digital Beta, Toronto Premiere
Director: Daniel Gerson
Presented as part of:
This Place I Stand
Shorts Program II
Oct 18 2009, 1:00PM
Al Green Theatre
Filmed on location in Winnipeg’s disintegrating Chinatown district, Welcome is a starkly honest look at a lonely boy’s travels along broken streets riddled with addiction.
Bent on capturing the social relevance around him, Winnipeg-based filmmaker Daniel Gerson has spent years developing social programs for inner-city kids, street workers, and military youth. His other vérité style films are Robert’s Walk (2006) and The Achiest (2007).
