Incorrigible - A film about Velma Demerson
- 2022
- 45m
Velma Demerson was arrested in 1939 for living with her Chinese boyfriend Harry Yip. Sentenced to 1 year in a Toronto prison, 60 years later she sued the Canadian government for wrongful inc... Read allVelma Demerson was arrested in 1939 for living with her Chinese boyfriend Harry Yip. Sentenced to 1 year in a Toronto prison, 60 years later she sued the Canadian government for wrongful incarceration, and received an apology in 2002.Velma Demerson was arrested in 1939 for living with her Chinese boyfriend Harry Yip. Sentenced to 1 year in a Toronto prison, 60 years later she sued the Canadian government for wrongful incarceration, and received an apology in 2002.