Shorts Program: Rooted

A Deal in Liberty Desk jockey New York State trooper Fitz Fitzpatrick has just been given his first undercover assignment. He's to make his way to the small town of Liberty, New York under the pseudonym Mr. Lake and purchase a bag full of drugs from two representatives of a large-scale Manhattan-based criminal enterprise. Fried Fish & Plantain Two years from their first night together, Willie & Marisol have their "first date." As they navigate a "post-pandemic" Toronto, they sift through who and what they ve become amidst the circumstances, grief, and secrets that have kept them apart. Together, they discover if there can be love after loss. Unhoused, Unheard and Unbroken Unhoused, Unheard and Unbroken centres the voices and lived experiences of residents of Supportive Housing of Waterloo (SHOW), offering an intimate look at homelessness through the perspectives of people who have experienced it themselves. Women of Wampum Across the salt-sprayed shores of Cape Cod and Martha s Vineyard, a gathering of Indigenous women comes together to rematriate wampum as a living system of justice, truth, and inherent relationship.