

Five voices, one city — Toronto's rap scene like you've never seen it.
Direction
Latimer's patient, non-exploitative gaze earns trust.
Sound
The music *is* the narrative — raw and unfiltered.

Director
Michelle Latimer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alias arrived as Toronto's rap scene was exploding globally via Drake, making its focus on unknown artists a deliberate counter-narrative.
Latimer, of Métis and Algonquin heritage, brought an Indigenous filmmaker's ethic of relationship-building to documentary subjects often stereotyped in media.