Bursting at the seams

 

 

2016, video, 20:00
Collaboration with a coalition of anti-poverty groups in Toronto.

Bursting at the Seams is a 20-minute video on the crisis of brutal overcrowding in Toronto’s homeless shelters. The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organized a world premier outside Mayor John Tory’s luxury condominium in November 2016. Subsequently Tory proposed further cuts to shelters and housing, which have had serious consequences. The video was shown again at a sleepover outside of Mayor Tory’s condo the following year. Bursting at the seams represents resistance to Tory’s austerity agenda.