Bronwen & Jaffa (moving towards tolerance)

Nose-ringed, tattooed and mohawked, Jaffa is a punk enthusiast of Jewish extraction; Bronwen, sporting beaded-and-braided locks, is the offspring of a black father and white mother. Together they spearhead an Eastern Canadian anti-racist movement called East Coast Against Racism, which hosts local rock concerts to raise money and awareness. In this episode (and I say this because. even though the program is a documentary it has the unmistakable feel of a contrived dramatic TV series) we're introduced to Scott, a KKK member who is filmed in shadow during the first half and then in plain day after he--what a coincidence!--meets Bronwen and Jaffa, and decides to come out of the racist closet at an upcoming bash. To be fair, the last five minutes are actually more emotionally affecting than the first twenty minutes lead you to expect (too much of the film follows the girls as they try to line up bands, secure a concert location, and score a last-minute liquor license--activities which, to my mind, have little to do with racial tolerance). An optional purchase for larger collections. Aud: H, C, P. (R. Pitman)