The Breadwinner screening w/Deborah Ellis Q&A Thursday, April 19, 2-4:30pm Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road Friday, April 20, 6-8:30pm Woodlawn Public Library 31 Eisener Boulevard, Dartmouth Award-winning Canadian author, feminist and anti-war activist Deborah Ellis fell into the young adult genre by accident. “I was an unpublished writer, sending all kinds of stuff […]
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Film Review: The Breadwinner
Afghanistan in 2001 is the setting for The Breadwinner, Nora Twomey’s tough and imaginative animated story of a young girl trying to help her family. When her father is arrested—supposedly for teaching women how to read—and her mother is subsequently beaten for trying to find out what happened to him, Parvana (Saara Chaudry) decides to […]