Fuaad Kaamil

Ifrah Hashi

Faiza Ismail

Yusuf Ibrahim

Gilles Vigneault

Here in Toronto, four young Somali refugees are finishing high school. What did they bring with them? What did they find in Canada? Their testimonies, about us and about themselves, interspersed with newsreel footage and sequences of a theatrical creation in which they put all their soul, make them immediately endearing and overturn many prejudices held against refugees. A film that makes you want to get to know them better.

Moments of a group of high school students at a party, before the college admission tests start.

A vibrant kaleidoscopic tribute to the guitar that meshes dance, mime, visual art, and virtuoso performances to create a spectacular yet intimate celebration of the instrument. For one exciting week the city of Toronto plays host to the International Guitar Festival. The streets echo with the sounds of the instrument as the great masters from every tradition gather to play for each other -- John Williams from England, Leo Brouwer from Cuba (classical), Turibio Santos from Brazil (folk), Vladimir Mikulka from Czechoslovakia (avant-garde), Rik Emmett and Kim Mitchell from Canada, Steve Morse from the USA (rock).

Poignant postwar appeal for Britain’s Jewry to support orphaned Jewish children rescued from Europe.

An exploration into the benefits of music in uk youth culture. Understanding the comfort it can provide.

Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.

A Palestinian grain miller in a Jordanian refugee camp safeguards her culture and shares her people’s history through food prepared with love, longing, and sumud—the Palestinian spirit of steadfastness.