''Don't Come Searching'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Andrew Moir and released in 2022. An expansion of Moir's 2017 short documentary film ''
Babe, I Hate to Go'', the film centres on Delroy Dunkley, a
migrant worker
A migrant worker is a person who migrates within a home country or outside it to pursue work. Migrant workers usually do not have the intention to stay permanently in the country or region in which they work.
Migrant workers who work outsi ...
from
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
who returns from his job in Canada to announce his diagnosis with terminal cancer to his longtime partner Sophia.
The film premiered at the 2022
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
The film was a nominee for the
DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film The DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-pict ...
at the 2022
Directors Guild of Canada
The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assist ...
awards.
[Etan Vlessing]
"DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees"
''The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
'', September 23, 2022.
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2022 films
2022 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
2020s English-language films
2020s Canadian films
Documentary films about Black Canadians
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