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Re: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF EDMOND YU

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On Monday, April 14, 1997 at 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, Mingwei.Li wrote:
> From: "Studio 2 List" <Stud...@list.tvo.org>
> To: stud...@list.tvo.org
> Subject: ADVANCE NOTICE: The Life and Death of Edmond Yu
> Date: 15 Apr 1997 01:37:45 GMT
> Organization: TVOntario's Online System
>
>
> ADVANCE NOTICE: We'd like to give you advance notice about an item we're sure
> you'll find informative and compelling.
>
> Tune in to Studio 2 this Thursday, April 17th to see:
>
>
>
> THE LIFE AND DEATH OF EDMOND YU
> A Death Foretold?
>
> A crazy man assaults a woman at a Toronto bus stop. Police corner the suspect
> in a parked bus. The man takes a small silver hammer from his pocket and
> waves it. Minutes later, after ignoring police orders to drop the hammer, he
> lies dead from police gunfire: one bullet in the chest, one in the head.
> Violence for violence? Like cancels like? Street justice for the homeless?
> Yesterday's news. And life goes on, except for EDMOND YU. But, the details of
> this tragic episode don't add up to answer the nagging question: why did
> Edmond Yu have to die? And how did Yu slip so far down the path of life that
> he ended up on the wrong end of a police gun?
>
> These are some of the questions documentary producer DAVID HAWKINS' focusses
> on in his evocative portrait of Edmond Yu. The story features the first media
> interview given by Yu's family and an eye-witness account from a woman who
> saw him die. Hawkins has tied together the remembrances, brief encounters and
> friendships that are all that remain of one man's personal struggle with
> mental illness. Edmond Yu, who came to Canada fifteen years ago, was a
> dedicated son and loving brother, bursting with laughter, curiosity and
> ambition, a brilliant medical student, a person with mental illness. Was his
> death inevitable?
>
> STUDIO 2 will follow this item with a panel discussion on police shootings
> and accountability.
>
> Research: SANDRA GIONAS
>
>
>
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Great editing.,. wow. Whoever did this work is a genious.
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