This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today.
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09 / 17
Start: 19:30
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WELCOME BACK CONCORDIA (AND NEW) STUDENTS!! Our first film of the season is on glorious 35mm film print and is a stunning documentary about conservation, ecology and activism. See you at this first CP Concordia screening where you can grab your Fall 2007 Programme. SYNOPSIS: For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. | ||
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09 / 21
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The new film from the director of Megacities: 12 Stories of Survival. Today's manual laborers are no longer celebrated with hymns of praise. They must be content with encouraging one another that backbreaking work is better than no work at all... Start: 19:30
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Start: 19:30
End: 22:00
**Winner of the 2007 Latin American Studies Association CASA Award of Merit in Film** | ||
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09 / 24
Start: 18:15
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L'Esmeralda est l'un des plus beaux voiliers du monde. C'est le navire-école de la marine chilienne et un objet de fierté nationale. Mais aujourd'hui la Dame Blanche, comme les Chiliens la surnomment, ne fait plus illusion. Cette beauté cache un passé trouble. Celui d'un bateau-prison utilisé dans le port de Valparaíso comme centre de torture au lendemain du coup d'État de 1973. Trente ans plus tard, l'impunité demeure et les autorités militaires continuent de nier. Aujourd'hui, les victimes de la dictature se mobilisent et demandent justice. Start: 19:30
This film is part of a double bill, to be screened with Out of Balance: Exxon Mobil's Impact on Climate Change. Start: 20:30
This film is part of a double bill, to be screened with Toxic Sludge is Good for You: The PR Industry Unspun. | ||
09 / 25
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Screened to audiences at the Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals, this fresh, irresistibly lively, intensely engaging documentary from widely acclaimed Egyptian director Tahani Rached (SORAÏDA, WOMAN OF PALESTINE and FOUR WOMEN OF EGYPT) follows a band of teenage girls living on the streets of Cairo. Rached won astonishing access to the girls’ world; this vigorous, cinematic film is built upon the deep trust of its subjects and the long experience of the filmmaker. Start: 19:00
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CORPORATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM Director Jill Sharpe’s latest documentary reveals that our children are no longer safe from advertising even when at school. Because funding for education is falling short, teachers and administrators are struggling to keep the gates closed to marketing companies. It’s called Trojan horse marketing and it works like a charm in creating life-long brand name consumers not life-long learners. | ||
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is a feature-length documentary about the 1998 racially motivated murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas. 2003. On June 7, 1998, a sleepy east Texas town awoke to the news of a horrifying crime. Early that Sunday morning, James Byrd Jr., an African-American, was viciously beaten, chained to the back of a pick-up truck, and dragged for three miles until his body was torn apart. Three white men, John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Berry - all with ties to the Arayan Nation - were arrested and charged with kidnapping and murder. | ||
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This film is part of a double bill, to be screened with Red Without Blue. Start: 19:30
This film is part of a double bill, to be screened with Black and White. RED WITHOUT BLUE is an artistic and groundbreaking portrayal of gender, identity, and the unswerving bond of twinship despite transformation. An honest portrayal of a family in turmoil, RWB follows a pair of identical twins as one transitions from male to female. Captured over a period of three years, the film documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farley's struggle to redefine their family. | ||
