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Swamper (w/ short film RKLSS)

  • NewWest FilmFest - Landmark Cinemas 10 800 Carnarvon Street New Westminster, BC, V3M 0G3 Canada (map)
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Swamper

Taking place in a dystopian Vancouver that’s far too close to real life, SWAMPER is a coming of age story centered around Jay Thurlow, a down-on-his-luck pool shark and grunt laborer, trying to escape a world of poverty and crime on his quest for survival.

Runtime: 1h25m

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-2RrXbXmV8

RKLSS

Tank, a natural artist who is always drawing, runs into trouble with the law with his gang of friends. Tank is convicted, jailed, and subjected to solitary confinement and intense brutality. His art allows him to escape his terrible conditions. He discovers his own native spirituality while in jail, and through his art, finds a way to be in the world, and to reflect on his own reality.

Runtime: 5m

Later Event: October 23
Emergence: Out of the Shadows