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The Ryerson logo is displayed at the end of the film, along with its School of Image Arts.

“The opinions expressed in this film by some of our junior students do not represent the opinions of Ryerson University or the School of Image Arts,” wrote Ryerson president Mohamed Lachemi. “We will be asking them to remove the Ryerson University logo from their documentary.

“We do apologize for any negative feeling generated by their work.”

The film, made by Christian Bunea, Taylor Ness, Valentin Bacalu and Justin Diezmo, begins with colourful, energetic scenes of the tourist district intercut with tourists asked about their impressions of the city. Someone off-camera then asks “the local areas around here — what do you think about them?” to which there’s no reply.

At the one-minute mark, the film then retreats from the tourist district to show several empty, run-down buildings and properties as the music takes a sombre tone. Several people then comment on the plight off-camera, with no names listed.

“To be honest, this whole place is just a money grab,” says one. “It just sucks seeing so much money come in here and not going back to the city.”

Another criticizes “mayor after mayor” for putting money into the tourist industry, “while people work for $13 an hour with four kids. What the f–k you think’s going to happen? They can’t afford s–t all.”

While recognizing there are problems in Niagara Falls, Diodati said the film “was not a fair or accurate representation of a cross-section of the city.