A short film by Miru Yogarajah with Jay Aramboo, developed through Mayworks’ Labour Arts Catalyst with Justice for Truck Drivers and informed by research interviews conducted with truck drivers

The screening is followed by a Q&A with Miru Yogarajah, Jay Aramboo and the documentary participants.

Landlines follows migrant truck drivers living in the Greater Toronto Area as they navigate the unjust realities of the trucking industry – wage theft, inadequate training and unsafe conditions, exploitative pay, grueling hours, and constant surveillance inside their trucks. These labour conditions unfold alongside rising xenophobia toward South Asian communities, unaffordable

housing, and the weight of transnational familial expectations, revealing the layered pressures of migrant life. Interwoven with observational footage, shadow puppetry renders imagined inner

Interwoven with observational footage, shadow puppetry renders imagined inner worlds – tracing how drivers operate in isolation, sustain connection across distance, and forge new forms of resistance while on the road.

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This venue is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral, wheelchair accessible washrooms.