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Zero Tolerance (Clip 1)

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Length: 1 min 22 sec

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Year of Production: 2004

Director:

Michka Saäl

Producer:

Yves Bisaillon, National Film Board of Canada

Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. The film explores police intolerance towards young people of colour and exposes prejudices faced by visible minorities working in the policing industry. Maurice Chalom, who worked as a community relations advisor for the Montreal Police force, tells of the racism he experienced at work. A blend of cinéma vérité and personal testimonies, this hard-hitting film will broaden your mind and change your way of thinking.

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Comments

Zero Tolerance can be found here

by Colleen Ayoup

Wed, 02/11/2009 - 16:10

Hi there,

If you're interested in buying the the film and acquiring a little extra info about the project, you can do so through the NFB (as it's an NFB film), right here:

http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=52029

Thanks for your insightful comment!

Colleen

Whoa...great trailer...I'd

by Seattle DUI lawyer

Wed, 02/11/2009 - 00:12

Whoa...great trailer...I'd love to see what he did to "pay him back" when the time was right. Anyway, I can't believe this sort of things goes on in modern day Canada. The dialogue the man recounted sounds like something out of 1940's Europe. Amazing. And doesn't Canada have a reputation of being a very tolerant country?

Where can I find this documentary? I just checked Netflix and it was not available.

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Sandra M.

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by Sandra Forsythe

Thu, 05/03/2007 - 13:56

I would like to see the Canadian Government making a real committed effort to stamp out racism by:

1. producing a stamp that says stamp out racism, showing people of divirsity on the stamp.

2. I would like to see the words racism will not be tolerated flashing on those highway electronic boards just like the sign that says zero tolerance for drinking and driving, after all these constant reminders are what helps us to become aware of our attitudes weather they are negative or positive. It will also help to take inventory of our true feelings for one another, to be respectful of each others race etc.