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Two people's faces are reflected in the glass of a screen as they play a retro video game.

On Jan. 17 and 18, BC esports organization Galint Gaming hosted the second Pataka Esports Festival at Surrey City Hall. Welcoming about 300 attendees from across the Pacific Northwest, the festival allowed participants to compete in six fighting game tournaments and was focused on representing and celebrating South Asian culture.

Set in a small prairie town in 1940s Saskatchewan, Wild People Quiet follows Florence, a Métis woman who hides her identity and passes as white. She bleaches her hair with peroxide and works for an insurance company while keeping others at a distance — that is until someone from her past wanders back into her life.

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