Scarborough

This screening took place on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 5:30 pmYukon Theatre

In Scarborough, 3 kids struggle to rise above a system that consistently fails them.

Adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough is an unflinching portrait of three low-income families struggling to endure within a system that’s set them up for failure. The film centres on the coming of age of Bing (Liam Diaz), Sylvie (Essence Fox) and Laura (Anna Claire Beitel), three young children in a low-income neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of Toronto, as they learn the value of community, passion and resilience over the course of a school year and struggle to rise above a system that consistently fails them.

Content advisory: child abuse and neglect, racist language, domestic violence (off-screen), references to drug use.

Selected one of TIFF Top Ten Canadian films of 2021.