Amber Dowling Years ago, Catherine Hernandez would attend the Toronto International Film Festival by ushering in ticket-holders at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre for a little more than $6 an hour.
This year, the author is back at TIFF as something of a celebrity herself, with the worldwide debut of the film “Scarborough.”When the independent movie screens on Sept.
10, it gives voice to racialized and under-privileged community members in the notorious Toronto suburb, capturing their spirit as they desperately try to keep themselves together under the thumb of a system that’s designed to see them fail.
Hernandez penned the script adaptation from her eponymous 2017 award-winning book, which is loosely based on her experiences running a.
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