Directed by
Yolanda Papini-Pollock
Runtime
43:52:00
Category
Documentary
The documentary film highlights the remarkable and heartfelt story of Nour Ali, a pillar of the Kurdish and refugee community in Manitoba. The film documents the story of his life and untimely tragic death and demonstrates his extraordinary contribution to the Kurdish and wider refugee community and his tireless efforts to build a community in the Manitoba. It reveals his family’s efforts to continue the legacy of his human rights activism and sheds light on the value of the refugee community as well as on the very real challenges it faces in Manitoba.
Yolanda Papini-Pollock
Yolanda Papini-Pollock has dedicated her career to raising awareness of human rights violations and promoting action for a better future. With personal roots in a community of refugees in Israel and as the child of a Holocaust survivor and refugee, she has been sensitized to the suffering of the persecuted from a young age. Her work as a human rights filmmaker, including the popular documentaries Never Again: A Broken Promise, Get Over It: A Path to Healing, Painful Truth: The Falun Gong Genocide, and # FixIt: Tikkun Olam, seeks to inform and empower audiences to take action against prejudice, hatred, and injustice. Her films document past and present genocides and persecutions, and demonstrate that the promise of “never again” remains unfulfilled. Through her powerful and compelling films, Papini-Pollock reminds us that human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere, and urges us to work towards a better, more just future.