In ‘Morningside’, Kiana Madeira & Fefe Dobson Honour the Scarborough Community

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In ‘Morningside’, Kiana Madeira & Fefe Dobson Honour the Scarborough Community

Morningside feels like a love letter to Scarborough. Directed by Ron Dias, the film follows seven individuals whose lives interconnect at a fictitious community centre in Toronto’s east end. As each of them navigate complicated relationships and big dreams, the threat of gentrification and violence in the region puts their hopes and safety at risk. A passion project years in the making, Dias and co-writer Joanne Jansen (who also stars in the fil…