White Elephant

Directed by Andrew Chung

Cast: Amanda Catibog, Dulmika Kevin Hapuarachchi, Gurleen Singh, Jesse Nasmith, Kalyna Fisher, Kumar Kapasi, Riley James Myers, Yahya Amin, Zaarin Bushra

Canada
Drama
English
2020
61 mins
Vancouver premiere

It’s 1996. Pooja is a teenage girl with a crush on a white boy, just like the ones in the movies she loves. But having grown up in a mostly Black and Brown neighbourhood, there is a hostile cultural divide between their friends. But, this isn’t a love story – this is a self-love story.

Previous Screening: Reelwolrd Film Festival (Oct 14 – Oct 19, 2020)

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