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Gone. But Not Forgotten.

March 17, 2016
Doors: 6:15 PM, Show Time: 7:00 PM
Djavad Mowafaghian Theatre, SFU Woodward’s Location: 149 West Hastings

Reel Causes is thrilled to host the Vancouver premiere of Richie Mehta’s poignant drama Siddharth, based on the true story of a man he met in India, searching for his missing 12 year old son.

Richie Mehta’s second feature film SIDDHARTH enjoyed its World Premiere at the 70th Venice International Film Festival and garnered Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the Heartland Film Festival and Tiantan Best Feature Film at the Beijing International Film Festival. The film is based on the true story of a man Mehta met in India.  He was a chain-wallah who fixes broken zippers on the street, and had sent his 12-year-old son for work with a distant relative in a neighbouring town. But the boy disappeared. With little resources and no connections, he was travelling across India in pursuit of his lost child. The film is like a cinematic memory, of betrayal and hope, expressed with a crushing realism of poverty and places too ugly to imagine. Yet, Mehta finds hope in the faith of the father, and beauty in this broken world.

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West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association (WCDWA) is a non-profit organization that provides pro bono full representation, assistance and community support to caregivers and other migrant workers, including survivors of labour trafficking in British Columbia. They are also actively involved in public legal education and law reform initiatives. This year marks their 30th anniversary!

In addition to assisting survivors of labour trafficking with their individual legal cases, WCDWA works to raise awareness of labour exploitation and trafficking among migrant worker communities. In 2015, WCDWA produced a short public service announcement (PSA) and is in the process of producing a documentary on labour trafficking as educational tools in partnership with the BC Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The organization has produced public legal education resources, engaged in research, and regularly conducts workshops on labour trafficking across BC. 

Children of the Street Society is a registered society and federal charity dedicated to ending all forms of child/youth sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Our mission is to take a proactive approach through public awareness, education and early intervention strategies to prevent the sexual exploitation and human trafficking of children and youth, while offering support to families. Last year alone, we reached over 27,000 children and youth through more than 600 prevention workshops. We are the only organization in BC providing both education on sexual exploitation on such a large scale and support to parents of youth affected by this issue.

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Reel Causes partners with filmmakers and Canadian causes dedicated to addressing global social justice issues. We host film screenings followed by a Q&A session to educate and inspire our community, and provide a forum for authentic conversation around the issues that affect us locally.

City of Vancouver
BC Arts Council
Canada Council for the Arts
SFU's Vancity Office of Community  Engagement
Consumer Protection BC