Film fest or global seminar? Tough questions asked in Toronto


It's like the joke about the guy who went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. This week thousands of people invaded downtown Toronto for a 10-day colloquy on the meaning of the words "terrorism" and "freedom fighters"; the ripple effects of the American-led occupation of Iraq; and a dizzying global perspective on what that occupation hath wrought. 

They came for a seminar, and a film festival broke out. 

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