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TIFF invites 500 frontline workers to free ‘Concrete Cowboy’ screening
COVID-19 fight are set to receive virtual tickets to one of the hottest titles at the Toronto International Film Festival.TIFF is offering a free digital screening of Concrete Cowboy for 500 essential workers in the Toronto area next week.Directed by Ricky Staub, the film stars Idris Elba as a Philadelphia cowboy reconnecting with his estranged son, played by Stranger Things actor Caleb McLaughlin. Faced with a pandemic-altered festival, TIFF makes big compromises with sponsors TIFF says it’s working with hospitals, long-term care facilities, mental health organizations and other groups to extend invites to the Sept.