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Toronto Social Forum: Cultures of Resistance
As part of the WSF Global Day of Action the Toronto Social Forum sponsored a cultural evening that featured a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada, a stunning victory of the women's movement.
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| Produced by | Judy Rebick |
| Directed by | Camera Velcrow Ripper, Editor Ben Edelberg |
| Contact | write the producer |
| Home page | more info |
| Produced | 2008/03/01 |
| Duration | 9 minutes 0 seconds |
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This is a video of the Toronto event for the WSF Global Day of Action. The video features highlights from the event, which was organized in the style of a social forum through a call out to various social organizations to propose performers and artists for the evening. The theme was Cultures of Resistance and the focus was a celebration of one of the most important victories of the women's movement, legalizing abortion.
The video features, aboriginal chanting, poetry, rap, dance and music as well as a couple of speeches. It reflects the multicultural character of Toronto and the movements here as well as the strength of feminism and gay rights
