Them Days

<p>Discrimination war in Europe a pandemic. . .</p><p><br></p><p>Sofiya a young Ukrainian immigrant experiences all of this and more. It could be 2022 but it's Manitoba in the early 1900s. </p><p><br></p><p>Sofiya is the third consecutive girl born on a poor homestead near Gimli in 1903. She is bright and feisty but nothing more is expected of her than to be a domestic and at age thirteen she is sent to be a maid to a wealthy family in Winnipeg. There she experiences the condescension of the English towards the 'Bohunks' while her half-brother is interned during WW1 deemed an enemy alien. </p><p><br></p><p>While the Great War is raging in Europe an undeclared war between the classes is being fought at home. This conflict comes to a head in the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 when the working classes rise up against their English masters shut down the city and demand a better deal. The city is divided and everyone must choose a side. </p><p><br></p><p>Them Days takes you on Sofiya's journey as she discovers what it means to be an immigrant and a woman struggling to find love and her identity - at the same time that Canada is breaking free from Mother England's apron strings.</p>