• Title:
• Steel Toes

• Director:
• David Gow and Mark Adam

• English

• Canada, 90 minunte

• Venue:
• AFI Silver Theater and
  Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema

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Based on the play Cherry Docs by award-winning writer David Gow (Writer’s Guild of Canada Award), Steel Toes tells the story of Danny Dunkelman, a court appointed Jewish lawyer, played by David Strathairn (Oscar Nominee, Good Night and Good Luck) who is assigned the case of a skinhead accused of a racially motivated murder. Dunkelman is initially reluctant to stay on the case, but he is challenged by his seemingly unrepentant client and simultaneously intrigued by his own belief that there is something worth redeeming in the young man. Strathairn (who originated the role onstage) gives a riveting performance as Dunkelman, a man whose belief in the law and in the human character drives him to pursue the case into the realm of obsession.

CO-SPONSORED BY the Embassy of Canada

Special Guest: David Gow, writer/co-director

Read an interview with co-director David Gow on the WJFFblog.

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