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"I had never heard of the story, but as soon as [Selwyn Jacob approached me about the project], I started researching and was quickly convinced that it should be a feature film. What really struck me was what was at stake for the occupiers, their loss of innocence. They really believed they could change things, then they had their hearts broken."
-- Mina Shum


Source:
Brownstein, Bill. "The view from The Ninth Floor; A forthcoming NFB documentary looks back at the incendiary events that become known as the Sir George Williams Affair." Montreal Gazette, February 21, 2014.