July 16th - 17th, 2021 Film Festival

InFocus: Canadian Cinema Feature - White Elephant (w/ Signal Fire & Veil) + Filmmaker Q&A

Expired July 18, 2021 6:59 AM
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Pooja is an Indo-Canadian teenage girl in 1996 with an innocent crush on Trevor, a local White boy - a White boy just like the teen heartthrobs she sees in all the movies and TV she's obsessed with. A boy unlike all the other boys in her mostly Brown and Black neighbourhood. However, growing up in a majority-minority neighbourhood makes her efforts to pursue Trevor harrowing. As her attempts to spend time with him get bolder, the cultural divide between their groups of friends grows larger. The rift ultimately becomes more hostile than she could've imagined. But this isn’t a love story. It's a self-love story.

  • Runtime
    61 minutes
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    LA Premiere
  • Director
    Andrew Chung
  • Screenwriter
    Andrew Chung
  • Producer
    Christopher Nguyen, Andrew Chung
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