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WIFTV Film Festival | Hand to Toe, An Exploration in the Art of Giving
By WIFTV Correspondent Devon Wong
Documentary | Northwest Territories | 08:29
DIR: France Benoit
I was looking very forward to this film's screening after reading the description:
Every Wednesday, volunteers from the Salvation Army shelter in Yellowknife offer to wash the feet of men and women from the streets
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A modest, but insightful piece on the value of human touch and simple gestures, Hand to Toe explore how one Salvation Army's foot washing program cultivated community through the basic premise of "Everyone loves a good foot rub".
I was really rooting for the film's cinematography to hit it home and give the heartstrings a good strumming, but unfortunately it lacked the strong visuals that put a face to the feet to actually 'humanize' the content. What we saw was a collage of foot washing, clipping, and scrubbing at various camera angles, along with a disembodied voice track of ticklish guests in the background. This was likely due to confidentiality concerns, given the sensitive environment of the setting, but I felt like I saw enough heel-toe action to saturate a foot fetish (that I don't have. Heck I get bothered by Skechers ads).
In spite of my anti-foot porn biases, this film gets huge props for a neat and interesting story concept.
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