From the producers of Reel Injun, SMOKE TRADERS investigates the Mohawk cross-border cigarette trade in stunning new documentary
Thursday May 3, 9PM
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Cinema 3
350 King Street West, Reitman Square
Join the filmmakers at the SMOKE TRADERS screening after-party at The Rivoli, 2nd floor pool room, 334 Queen St. W www.rivoli.ca
2nd Screening:
Friday May 4, 3:45PM
Cumberland Cinema 2
159 Cumberland Street (At Avenue Road)
imagineNATIVE is pleased to partner with Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival to co-present the world premiere of SMOKE TRADERS, directed by Ojibway filmmaker, Jeff Dorn. Synopsis: In the dark of night Mohawk boatmen speed across the river separating the Canadian and US lands of the Akwesasne Territory loaded with cartons of cigarettes. It’s dangerous work, and lucrative. The Canadian government wants to shut it down, but the trade has raised entire Mohawk communities out of poverty and they’re not about to give it up. Shooting over three years, filmmakers Jeff Dorn and Catherine Bainbridge gained extraordinary access to a cast of charismatic characters who tell the Mohawk side of the story, their history with tobacco, Aboriginal rights and the turf wars with federal and provincial governments. Are they criminals who must be stopped? Or are they a new breed of entrepreneurs who deserve support?
Come and support Aboriginal filmmaking and this intriguing new film at the largest documentary festival in North America. For tickets: In person: 783 Bathurst Street (1 Block South of Bloor), Monday – Friday: 11am-7pm, S-S: 11am-5pm, April 26-May 6: 11am-9pm, phone: 416-637-5150
Full details and tickets: hotdocs.ca
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