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'Broke' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rosvita Dransfeld and released in 2009.[Jamie Hall, "A heartbreaking glimpse into poverty; Powerful documentary aims its lens at an Edmonton pawnshop". 'Edmonton Journal', November 5, 2009.] The film centres on the friendship between David Woolfson, a pawn shop owner in Edmonton, Alberta, and Chris Hoard, an ex-convict who volunteers as an assistant to Woolfson in the shop.[
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The film premiered at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[Liz Braun, "Curtain up for Hot Docs". 'Toronto Sun', March 25, 2009.] and was screened at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival[Glen Schaefer, "VIFF reviews". 'The Province', October 8, 2009.] and the 2009 Global Visions Film Festival,[ before having its television premiere on March 3, 2010 as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series 'The View from Here'.]["TVO presents its March 2010 Media Highlights". 'Canada NewsWire', February 4, 2010.]
The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010.[Jamie Hall, "Edmonton filmmaker brings home a Gemini". 'Edmonton Journal', November 17, 2010.]
Hoard was again featured in Dransfeld's 2014 film 'Anti-Social Limited',[Eric Volmers, "Anti-social ex-con talks of lonely life". 'Edmonton Journal', November 17, 2014.] which was a Donald Brittain Award nominee at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. 'Entertainment Tonight Canada', January 19, 2016.]
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