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Friendly Manitoba and Karin Af Klintberg Anders Helgeson

: A good story allows you to walk a mile in another shoes, feel the stretch of their lives, visit their humanity, according to Rabble. The motto of the city of Borlänge in Sweden is "Nice Folk!" Like "Friendly Manitoba," it is a declaration of intent as well as a proclamation. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Nice Folk is also the name of a new documentary by directors Karin af Klintberg and Anders Helgeson . It looks at a coming together of Somalian immigrants in that community and the local man who wants to break down the barriers between them and white citizens through sport. Bandy is the European cousin of Canada national sport, first played in England in 1875. The sport in question, almost a character in the movie in its own right, is bandy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.