Documentary on the growth of Toronto's gay community including positive developments as well as the infamous "Operation Soap" where the Toronto Police raided gay bath houses, and the subsequent protests.
Production
Rare pre-digital documentation of a community under siege.
Direction
Sutherland lets survivors speak without sanitizing their rage.
Director
Harry Sutherland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Operation Soap remains the largest mass arrest in Canadian history until the 2006 Stanley Cup riots — 286 men charged, most later dropped.
Director Harry Sutherland made this while working at the Canadian Film Centre, essentially smuggling radical queer content through establishment channels.
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