This screening is co-presented by UMOJA Concordia, who will be speaking at the screening.
Events
02 / 11
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02 / 12
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02 / 13
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Some time in the 1960s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, this new gigantic fish multiplied incredibly fast, and its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo: Kalashnikovs and ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the African continent. Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
Everyone has heard both the positives and negatives of genetically modified crops, from biotech companies like Monsanto and from environmental and consumer groups like Greenpeace, yet no one has actually heard from those who actually grow the food we eat - the farmers. "Around the world, Canada or Ethiopia, it's the same: farmers have been kept out of the loop in terms of the development of new technologies." -Author and researcher Pat Roy Mooney, quoted in the film | ||
02 / 14
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02 / 15
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Her opponents call her “The Green Killer”. They gave her “The Bullshit Award” for sustaining poverty. TIME says she is a hero of our times, an icon for youngsters all over the world. The film is about Vandana Shiva, Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist, who was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1993. It’s a film on globalisation and patenting, on genetic engineering, bio-piracy, indigenous knowledge. Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century. But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca. | ||
02 / 16
Start: 14:00
End: 15:00
One of the first, and certainly the most influential, films about apartheid. A documentary shot by a British team who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals (not just against them, but the people who helped them). Most of the white South Africans they encountered were persuaded that they were simply making home movies. Consequently, and illegally, they went where camera teams had never penetrated: into the heart of the Bantustan (the tiny waste area designated for black development), the various ghettos, even into the vast houses of the white farmers. | ||
02 / 17
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02 / 18
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02 / 19
Start: 16:45
End: 18:25
The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging powerful interests profiting from their work. | ||
02 / 20
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02 / 21
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02 / 22
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
China Blue takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends are trying to survive a harsh working environment. But when the factory owner agrees to a deal with his Western client that forces his teenage workers to work around the clock, a confrontation becomes inevitable. Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see a how the clothes we buy are actually made. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
Adventurous pioneers transform Peru's harsh northern desert into a fertile valley of mango and lime orchards. But all they've worked for is threatened when gold is discovered under their land. Fear, violence and murder rock their once quiet community. In the midst of chaos, a martyr's vision unites the farmers and leads them down a revolutionary path of non-violent resistance. These brave men and women take on corrupt politicians and the global mining industry in an epic tale of ordinary people rising to heroic deeds in times of great crisis.Directed by Ernesto Cabellas and Stephanie Boyd. | ||
02 / 23
Start: 13:30
End: 14:45
A feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. | ||
02 / 24
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02 / 25
Start: 19:30
End: 22:00
This Quebec premiere is co-sponsored by Haiti-Action Montreal and co-presented by the Haitian Students Association of Concordia. Special guest speakers will be in attendance. | ||
02 / 26
Start: 16:30
End: 18:00
SYNOPSIS: Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn. | ||
02 / 27
Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African decent globally – Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom–Why? Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
From the front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine, Korea, 'the North' from Seattle to Genova, and the 'War on Terror' in New York, Afghanistan, and Iraq. It is the story of men and women around the world who resist being annihilated in this war | ||
02 / 28
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02 / 29
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
An up-to-the minute documentary about AIDS treatment activism. It examines the national and international grass roots response to an epidemic that has already overshadowed the Black Death in terms of human lives lost. The demand for access to affordable treatment for 40 million people living with HIV, most of whom live in poor countries, represents one of the most successful political movements of Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud!looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems. Start: 19:30
End: 23:30
War made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. It is narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn. | ||
03 / 1
Start: 13:30
End: 16:00
In Collaboration with London Indymedia. The response to the first edition of Digital Diversity and Métissé serré, the French portion of the competition, was outstanding. Since Day 1 of the online competition, launched on September 17, 2007, short film and podcast finalists were viewed and heard more than 60,000 times, and more than 6,000 comments were made at the website. | ||
03 / 2
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03 / 3
Start: 19:30
End: 20:30
The Art of Resistance is co-sponsored by Art Matters and will be followed by a screening of Acting Blind.. Argentina’s troubled history, culminating in the major crisis of 2001, has seen the rise of a wave of original artistic and cultural expression. The documentary The Art of Resistance introduces us to several creators and artist collectives who use artistic expression as a means to deliver powerful social statements, explore unbridled creativity, and participate actively in constructing a new reality. Start: 20:30
Acting Blind will be preceded by a screening of The Art of Resistance. | ||
03 / 4
Start: 16:45
End: 18:00
It's a story of their dedication to independence and triumph over adversity, and a story of cooperation and hope. Several Cubans expressed the belief that living on an island, with its natural boundaries, breeds awareness that there are limits to natural resources. Everyone who has worked on the documentary hopes that, seeing this film, people will also see the world on which we live, as another, much larger, island. | ||
03 / 5
Start: 19:00
End: 20:55
O repovestire sincera a evenimentelor care au urmat caderii Bagdadului in 2003, relatata de inalte oficialitati: Richard Armitage, fost asistent al Secretarului de Stat; ambasadorul Barbara Bodine, insarcinata cu administrarea orasului in primavara anului 2003; Lawrence Wilkerson, fost sef de cabinet al lui Colin Powell; generalul Jay Garner, insarcinat cu ocuparea Bagdadului in luna mai a acelui an; ca si civili irakieni, soldati americani si analisti proeminenti. | ||
03 / 6
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03 / 7
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes and cappuccinos, the price paid to coffee farmers remains so low that many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields. Nowhere is this paradox more evident than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. Tadesse Meskela is one man on a mission to save his 74,000 struggling coffee farmers from bankruptcy. Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked poisonous methyl isocyanate gas killing fifteen thousand helpless men, women and children. Hundreds of thousands more were permanently maimed. Bhopal was, and remains, the world’s worst chemical industry disaster. | ||
03 / 8
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03 / 9
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03 / 10
Start: 18:15
End: 21:00
Nos enfants sont-ils poussés à devenir de petits adultes avant l'heure? Start: 19:30
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
33 Days is co-sponsored by Tadamon! and will be preceded by a screening of Sari's Mother. Filmed during the massive Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2006, 33 Days chronicles the lives of four young people working in theatre, media and emergency relief. Through their creativity and commitment, the film tells untold stories that forever marked the lives of those who survived that fateful summer in Beirut. | ||
03 / 11
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and | ||
03 / 12
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
They will fight for their country, they will die for their country, but not in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. And although they act on conscience, they pay a steep personal price. Featuring haunting accounts from the front lines, Raised to Be Heroes introduces the latest generation of Israeli soldiers to selectively object to military operations undertaken by their country. Start: 19:00
End: 20:10
Documentarul urmareste indeaproape persoana Julia Query, lesbiana / interpreta de stand-up comedy / peepshow-stripper si fiica a unei activiste feministe, in demersurile ei dificile de a ajuta la infiintare singurei uniuni a dansatoarelor de striptease din SUA, o organizatie de tip sindicat care sa le apere drepturile. Filmul reuneste imagini din spatele scenei, dansuri erotice, munca de organizare a sindicatului, proteste de strada, stand-up-comedy si animatie intr-un spectacol plin de substanta, inteligent si revolutionar. Start: 19:00
End: 22:30
Every part of the struggle against Apartheid had its own style of songs to describe and interpret events and the emotions they engendered. Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom. Songs united those who were being oppressed and gave those fighting a way to express their plight. The music consoled those incarcerated, and created an effective underground form of communication inside the prisons. Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
Once so vast, the land of the Quebec Algonquin has shrunk dramatically. This hard-hitting documentary provides a sympathetic glimpse of a nation of 9,000 people who suffer in silence as the rest of us look the other way. | ||
03 / 13
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and | ||
03 / 14
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of college and high school students across two generations and on an international scale. In this important new film, Kilbourne reviews if and how the image of women in advertising has changed over the last 20 years. With wit and warmth, Kilbourne uses over 160 ads and TV commercials to critique advertising's image of women. Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
A riveting Academy Award-winning critique of the government's history of militarization, made all the more timely by the current war on terrorism. Start: 19:30
End: 23:30
What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it? The story touches on the very essense of American democratic system and is an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world facing their own water struggles. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging powerful interests profiting from their work. Start: 21:00
End: 23:30
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. What do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity or waste and conformity?? | ||
03 / 15
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit filmiac expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are. The information in Zeitgeist | ||
03 / 16
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 00:29
Montana Exploradora, subsidiary of the Canadian/US transnational company Glamis Gold, received 45 million US dollars in financing from the World Bank to exploit an open-pit gold mine in Sipakapa, Guatemala. In accordance with ILO Convention 169, a Community Consultation was held in this Maya region to establish whether the population would accept or reject mining exploitation in its territory. The result was a resounding "NO" to mining. | ||
03 / 17
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 19:30
End: 20:00
Before Nine will be followed by a screening of My Daughter the Terrorist. Before Nine is a short fiction that explores issues of identity among Canadians who are subject to racism, alienation and gentrification. It is also a story about friendship and the ways in which sexual and ethnic differences can serve to bind people together in hostile environments - such can be the Canadian urban landscape. Start: 20:00
End: 22:00
My Daughter the Terrorist will be preceded by a screening of the short fiction, Before Nine. What makes anyone want to blow themselves up for a cause? In this intimate and personal portrait we join two young female elite soldiers trained for the ultimate mission. We share their childhood experiences, their dreams and their families’ loss. Left behind are the mothers. | ||
03 / 18
(all day)
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 16:35
End: 18:00
To some he is a champion of the poor and the powerless; to others he is a ruthless dictator. He is often dismissed as a relic, yet many revere him as a saviour. He is Cuban President, Fidel Castro. FIDEL covers forty years of the Cuban Revolution and provides a unique opportunity to consider the life of one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Start: 19:30
Films about the effects of Israeli occupation on the Palestianian population are always bound to be inflammatory and subject to often unfair, prejudicial criticism of justifying terrorism, and this ugliness unfortunately surfaced from a particularly hostile member of the audience at the Q&A with filmmaker Avi Mograbi for his penetrating documentary Avenge But One of My Two Eyes. At the heart of Mograbi's organic essay is the juxtaposition of two events. | ||
03 / 19
End: 22:00
Start: 03/10/2008 - 7:30pm
End: 03/19/2008 - 10:00pm
Sari's Mother will be followed by a screening of 33 Days. Filmed in Iraq over a period of one year, SARI’S MOTHER is a short documentary that follows the struggle of an The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and Start: 18:30
End: 21:30
Cette soirée rend hommage à la nature et à un grand artiste engagé qui s'en inspire et qui, par son oeuvre, vise à la défendre. Les projections débuteront par La Colère des bois de David Bernier, un jeune réalisateur qui fait des films sous l'inspiration de Frédéric Back. Suivra ensuite CRAC! et L'homme qui plantait des arbres de Frédéric Back. Une discussion, avec les deux réalisateurs qui nous feront l'honneur d'être parmi nous pour cette soirée d'envergure, viendra après les projections. *GRATUIT ET OUVERT À TOUS!* La Colère des bois: Start: 19:00
Filmul, produs si regizat de premiatii jurnalisti si realizatori europeni de film Basil Gelpke si Ray McCormack, vorbeste despre civilizatia umana care, dependenta de petrol, a intrat pe o traiectorie periculoasa. Puternic, inteligent si atractiv, documentarul intervieveaza experti in domeniu pentru a ajunge la concluzia alarmanta, dar fireasca si inevitabila, ca societatea noastra industriala, construita pe baza petrolului ieftin si rapid de expoatat, trebuie regandita din temelii. Start: 19:00
End: 22:30
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness. Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. | ||
03 / 20
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03 / 21
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider's tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
Shot in Nicaragua in late 2002 and early 2003, Fifteen years later, filmmakers Peter Raymont and Harold Crooks return to Nicaragua with two American journalists who were in the original film - and | ||
03 / 22
Start: 13:30
End: 14:00
Is water part of a shared "commons," a human right for all people? Or is it a commodity to be bought, sold, and traded in a global marketplace? "Thirst" tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India, and the United States that are asking these fundamental questions. Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Each year, millions of children die of diseases caused by unsafe water. The numbers are increasing. | ||
03 / 23
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03 / 24
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03 / 25
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03 / 26
Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. Start: 19:00
Azi muncitorii manuali nu mai sunt cantati in imnuri de recunostinta. | ||
03 / 27
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03 / 28
Start: 19:00
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
Be Smile tells the stories of two Inuit men living an urban life in the aftermath of Canada's long history of attempts to unmake an ancient aboriginal culture. Drawing on the strong oral tradition of the Inuit people, the subjects of this documentary recount their stories of childhood hunting expeditions and a lost nomadic way of life, of sexual abuse and alcohol addiction, and of the Christian church's effects on the Inuit worldview. Their stories also reveal a wisdom and outlook that have persisted despite their devastating trials. In the face of all miseries, they resolve to "be smile." | ||
03 / 29
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 13:30
End: 15:00
McLibel is the story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history. McDonald's loved using the UK libel laws to suppress criticism. Major media organisations like the BBC and The Guardian crumbled and apologised. But then they sued gardener Helen Steel and postman Dave Morris. | ||
03 / 30
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
03 / 31
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 1
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 16:45
End: 18:15
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging powerful interests profiting from their work. Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
It takes a certain kind of creative genius to look at an old situation with new eyes. Be Smile tells the remarkable story of two Inuit men who live on and off the streets of Montreal, who at times sleep on the filmmaker's floor, who paint murals on apartment walls, who wrestle with addiction and the residue of trauma in a (post)colonial and largely uncaring Canadian society, and who remain enough a part of a larger Inuit community in Montreal to attend regular feasts of traditional food. | ||
04 / 2
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
Ce-i face pe oameni sa se arunce in aer pentru o cauza? Start: 19:00
End: 22:30
In 1923 Vladimir Jabotinsky, leading intellectual of the Zionist movement and father of the right wing of that movement, wrote: "Zionist colonization must either stop, or else proceed regardless of the native population. Which means that it can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population - behind an IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach." | ||
04 / 3
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 4
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
A new breed of revolutionary stands poised along our information highways waging war on logos and symbols. They're "Culture Jammers" and their mission is to artfully reclaim our mental environment and cause a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare. Director Jill Sharpe's subversively savvy one-hour documentary film - culturejam - Hijacking Commercial Culture- bursts our last bubble of illusion about free speech in public space and gives us spanking brand-new hope at the same time. Scream at the TV, but don't touch that dial! Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
Uranium explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Because of toxic and radioactive waste, there are profound, long-term environmental hazards associated with uranium mining. | ||
04 / 5
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 13:30
End: 15:00
In Collaboration with London Indymedia. It may be the greatest media technology paradigm shift since TV's advent. From Rodney King to Osama Bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and family vacations anymore. Over the past decade, amateur camcorders have become the eyes of the world when no one else is watching. | ||
04 / 6
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 7
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:30
This short will precede the feature documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. Documentary look at a transgendered female to male person and his queer family. Start: 19:30
End: 22:00
This screening is co-presented by Concordia's Simone de Beauvoir Institute Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? | ||
04 / 8
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 9
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 22:30
This documentary film exposes our deeprooted dependency on the availability of fossil fuel energy and examines the future implications of peak oil — the point in time when the amount of petroleum worldwide begins a steady, inexorable decline. Journeying from the West African delta region to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, from Washington to Shanghai, from early man to the unknown future, CRUDE IMPACT chronicles the collision of our insatiable appetite for oil with the rights and livelihoods of indigenous cultures, other species and the planet itself. Start: 19:00
Provocator, amuzant, destept si cuprinzator, filmul The Corporation explora natura si modul in care s-au nascut si s-au dezvoltat companiile dominante ale timpurilor noastre. Documentarul analizeaza intuitiv si convingator influenta acestora in cotidian. Filmul cuprinde peste 40 de interviuri cu angajati ai corporatiilor si critici renumiti ai acestora, printre care Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva si Michael Moore. "Destept si incisiv… systematic si informativ… da fiori reci audientei." | ||
04 / 10
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 11
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
When did feminism become a bad word? Why is it that young independent, progressive women in today's society feel uncomfortable identifying with the F-word? Join filmmaker Therese Shechter as she takes a funny, moving and very personal journey into the heart of Feminism on the threshold of the 21st century. Armed with a video camera and an irreverent sense of humor, Therese talks with Feminist superstars, rowdy frat boys, liberated Cosmo girls and Radical Cheerleaders, all in her quest to find out whether Feminism can still | ||
04 / 12
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 13
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 14
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:30
OK, OK, we know that this film is already infamous - but we thought we'd throw it up on the big screen for everyone during the onset of the exam period for a special bonus screening. Enjoy the debates that will surely ensue... Loose Change Final Cut is the third installment of thedocumentary that asks the tough questions about the 9/11 attacks and related events. This movie hopes to be the catalyst for a new independent investigation, in which the family members receive answers to their questions, and the TRUE PERPETRATORS of this horrendous crime are PROSECUTED and PUNISHED. | ||
04 / 15
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Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:30
End: 21:00
Winner of 16 International Awards 2002-2004, Nominated for 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. From the NY Times: | ||
04 / 16
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa’s cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia. Start: 19:00
"Acest film despre consumism ne-a consumat de tot... Foloseste limbajul video-clipului, al propagandei si publicitatii comerciale ca raspuns la fortele globalizarii. Raspunde cu foc la foc. Intrebarile pe care le ridica sunt mai importante decat orice raspunsuri pe care le sugereaza. Si credem ca audienta nu are decat de castigat din dezbaterile ulterioare. Pentru originalitate, sens al umorului, ironie, putere si virtuozitate vizuala, premiul Lupul de Argint este decernat peliculei Surplus." | ||
04 / 17
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 18
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African decent globally - Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom - Why? Start: 19:30
This film explores the inherent contradictions and hypocrisies of neo-liberal ideas of development by examining the effects of IMF imposed structural adjustment policies on the island paradise of Jamaica. | ||
04 / 19
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 20
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 21
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 22
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 23
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
Dupa al II-lea Razboi Mondial, America a investit majoritatea banilor in costructia suburbiilor. Se promitea un sens al spatiului, al posibilitatilor financiare, o viata de familie si un grad de mobilitate ridicat. Suburbia a devenit Visul American. Dupa intrarea in secolul 21 numeroase intrebari au inceput sa apara despre soliditatea acestui fel de viata. Cu onestitate brutala si ironie, filmul analizeaza modul de viata american si predictiile pe masura ce lumea se apropie de o era critica, atunci cand cererea de petrol va fi mai mare ca oferta. | ||
04 / 24
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 25
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Every part of the struggle against Apartheid had its own style of songs to describe and interpret events and the emotions they engendered. Be transported into the eye of the hurricane with music from the revolution. | ||
04 / 26
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 27
(all day)
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 28
End: 21:00
Start: 03/28/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/28/2008 - 9:00pm
In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatisation is depicted in stories about very concrete human destinies around the globe. The documentary tells tragic, tragicomic but also encouraging stories of the everyday life of people, who day by day have to deal with the effects of privatisation politics, dictated by anonymous international financial institutions in Washington D.C. and Geneva, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). | ||
04 / 29
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04 / 30
Start: 19:00
Filmul traseaza o legatura intre o fabrica din China si strada Bourbon in timpul sarbatorii Mardi Gras, expunand clar inechitatile globalizarii. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viata grea a lucratorilor dintr-o fabrica din China. Filmul urmareste povestile a patru tinere lucratoare in cea mai mare fabrica de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facandu-ne partasi la greutatile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viata mai buna si disciplina severa. Documentarul expune contrastul izbitor dintre vietile si libertatile femeilor apartinand celor doua culturi. | ||
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05 / 5
Start: 19:00
End: 20:30
“The Price of Sugar,” Bill Haney’s muckraking documentary about Haitians lured into a form of indentured servitude on sugar plantations across the border in the Dominican Republic, focuses on the Rev. Christopher Hartley, a courageous and stubborn Spanish priest who devoted 10 years to bettering their desperate plight. The movie visits the workers’ shantytowns, known as bateyes, which, according to the film, resembled forced labor camps patrolled by armed guards before Father Hartley’s reform movement. | ||
05 / 6
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05 / 7
Start: 19:00
Istoria tumultoasa a Argentinei, culminand cu momentul de criza din 2001, a fost martora ridicarii unui nou val aristic creator plin de originalitate si forta. Documentarul ne introduce in lumea catorva creatori si colective de creatie care folosesc expresia artistica ca mijloc de comunicare a unor puternice declaratii sociale si ca participare active la construirea unei noi realitati. Filmul este o descriere penetranta a metodelor artistice si politice de rezistenta culturala din Argentina. | ||
05 / 8
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. | ||
05 / 9
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05 / 10
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05 / 11
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05 / 12
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05 / 13
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05 / 14
Start: 19:00
Filmul vorbeste despre o echipa de activisti tineri si niste batrani lucratori in domeniul drepturilor civile care-si unesc fortele pentru a lupta cu guvernul SUA. Regizoarea Bernadine Mellis este fiica avocatului Dennis Cunningham, activist pentru drepturile civile. Documentarul ofera o imagine asupra relatiei tata-fiica, a vietii extraordinare a lui Judi Bari, o activista sociala in proces cu FBI, si o farama de istorie a Americii. | ||
05 / 15
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Invisible Children: The Rough Cut is a film about the plight of child soldiers and night commuters in northern Uganda. The documentary was filmed in 2003 when three young men from Southern California, traveled to Sudan “to find a story.” | ||
05 / 16
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05 / 17
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05 / 18
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05 / 19
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05 / 20
Start: 18:00
End: 20:20
FAVELA RISING documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro’s most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. | ||
05 / 21
Start: 19:00
Ce-ar fi sa locuiesti langa cel mai mare rezervor de apa dulce din lume si sa nu ai voie sa-l folosesti. Apa este aurul lichid al secolului 21. In timp ce corporatiile preseaza administratiile locale pentru privatizarea surselor de apa, unele comunitatii se organizeaza pentru a-si asigura accesul ieftin la aceasta resursa vitala. Filmul este povestea unei comunitati locale hotarate sa lupte contra aparentei inevitabile privatizari a apei. | ||
05 / 22
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media. | ||
05 / 23
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05 / 24
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05 / 25
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05 / 26
Start: 15:00
End: 18:00
Mamad, 18 ans, né au Mali, vit en France depuis 15 ans. En sortant de sa fête d'anniversaire, il est arrêté pour défaut de papiers et se voit contraint de quitter la France. Débarqué à Bamako avec pour seul repère un numéro et une adresse, il ne connaît rien du Mali et ne sait pas ce qui l'attend. + + Start: 17:00
Este o istorie a Bucurestiului, asa cum se vede el in lumina arhitecturii de tip totalitarist, noi cei ce privim fiind constienti de faptul ca Puterea se exprima intotdeauna prin arhitectura. Ceausescu Nicolae a distrus Romania. In locul vechilor orase, a memoriei incastrate in zidurile monumentale, arhitectura de tip stalinist, de inspiratie Nord Coreeana, a erupt ca o plaga amenintand sa umileasca tot si sa demonstreze Puterea regimului. Grand Prize at the Architecture Film Festival, FIFAL Bucharest 1994; “International Housing and Planning” Award at Senday – Miyagi, Japan 1996 Start: 19:00
End: 19:10
Satul Hamburg din Africa de Sud este locul unde traiesc multi copii bolnavi de SIDA, multi dintre ei sunt orfani. Parintii lor au fost rapusi de aceeasi boala. Filmul urmareste eforturile femeilor din comunitate pentru a salva copii, concentrandu-se pe doua personaje: Eunice, care uita de sine alergand sa-i ingrijeasca pe micuti si medicul generalist Carol, care-i spitalizeaza in propria casa. Selected: IDF Amsterdam 2007; Encounters Festival Johannesburg and Cape Town 2007; Tri-Continents Festival Johannesburg 2007; RIDM Montreal 2007 Start: 21:00
Intr-un cartier popular, in inima capitalei congoleze Brazzaville, un tribunal traditional perpetueaza o organizare juridica ancestrala impreuna cu forme ale unui tribunal modern, oficial. Intr-o cladire mica, intr-un decor sumar, ca la teatru, dupa gong, diferite cazuri defileaza prin fata judecatorilor in togi negre: vrajitorii, divorturi, mosteniri, proprietati... PROIECTIE IN PREZENTA REGIZORULUI Mesmer Rufin Mbou Mikima (discutii cu publicul) | ||
05 / 27
Start: 17:00
Ceva se intampla la marginea orasului: o gospodina disperata intr-o parcare, un cor care tunde iarba si un pistol incarcat in dulapul de sus. Bine ati venit in Radiant City, un surprinzator film despre cei ce traiesc in suburbii. Genie Award - Best Documentary, 2007; Special Jury Prize - Vancouver IFF; Top 10 Films of the Year - Toronto IFF 2006 Start: 18:30
End: 20:00
A new breed of revolutionary stands poised along our information highways waging war on logos and symbols. They're "Culture Jammers" and their mission is to artfully reclaim our mental environment and cause a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare. Director Jill Sharpe's subversively savvy one-hour documentary film - culturejam - Hijacking Commercial Culture- bursts our last bubble of illusion about free speech in public space and gives us spanking brand-new hope at the same time. Scream at the TV, but don't touch that dial! Start: 19:00
Edward Burtynsky este renumitul fotograf care realizeaza uriase fotografii ale naturii transformate de industrie. "Manufactured Landscapes" este documentarul uimitor al regizoarei Jennifer Baichwal care-l urmeaza pe Burtynsky in China, in timp ce el fotografiaza efectele industrializarii masive a tarii. Filmul conduce catre o meditatie asupra eforturilor umane si impactul pe care acestea le au asupra planetei. Start: 21:00
Filmul, o incursiune în epoca 1965-1989, îi prezintă pe copiii născuţi ca urmare a Decretului lui Ceauşescu, tineri care ascultau Pink Floyd şi Europa Liberă şi care în 1989 au fost primii pe baricade. Finalizat în 2004, filmul este rezultatul unei munci de aproape şase ani. „Născuţi la comandă. Decreţeii" prezintă „povestea unuia dintre cele mai semnificative experimente sociale din istoria omenirii", după cum spune cineastul american John Alpert, cea a Decretului nr. 770 pentru reglementarea întreruperii cursului sarcinii, din anul 1966, transformat în lege. | ||
05 / 28
Start: 17:00
Filmul traseaza o legatura intre o fabrica din China si strada Bourbon in timpul sarbatoarii Mardi Gras, expunand clar inechitatile globalizarii. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viata grea a lucratorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareste povestile a patru tinere lucratoare in cea mai mare fabrica de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facandu-ne partasi la greutatile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viata mai buna si disciplina severa. Documentarul expune contrastul izbitor dintre vietile si libertatile femeilor apartinand celor doua culturi. Start: 19:00
Aceasta este o neasemuită poveste de dragoste şi ură ţesută în jurul a ceva ce nu poţi vedea, atinge sau cântări: undele radio. În anii '70-'80, Radio Europa Liberă era supapa de evacuare a nemulţumirilor şi confidentul a milioane de români. Însă pentru oamenii regimului, postul de radio era un duşman de moarte; l-au angajat chiar pe Carlos Şacalul să termine treaba. Start: 21:00
Regizorul Cornel Mihalache cauta un raspuns la intrebarea "Cine-a tras in noi, 21-22?", obsedanta intrebare de dupa decembrie 1989. O parte dintre personajele documentarului sunt revolutionari, dar in film apar si 350 de copii de clasa a VI-a, a VII-a si a VIII-a de la scoli din toata tara, care au raspuns la intrebarile "Ce s-a intamplat in 1989?" si "Cine a fost Ceausescu?". Cand interesante, cand aiuritoare, pline de haz, uneori si de miez, raspunsurile ilustreaza ecourile contradictorii ale unui eveniment asemenea. | ||
05 / 29
Start: 12:38
It's September 9, 2002, and a scheduled appearance by Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Israeli prime minister, has sparked heated debate at Montreal's Concordia University. By the end of the day, the "Concordia riot" has made international news, from CNN to Al-Jazeera. Discordia documents the fallout from that eventful day--following three young campus activists as they negotiate the most formative year of their lives. Samer Elatrash, articulate and impulsive, is the son of Palestinian refugees and active with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. Start: 17:00
"Chiar daca nu ai auzit niciodata de James Nachtwey, mult premiatul fotoreporter care este subiectul exceptionalului documentar realizat de Christian Frei, vei descoperi ca esti familiarizat cu munca sa. De mai bine de 20 de ani Nachtwey calatoreste in lume in locuri devastate de razboaie, foamete si saracie documentand cu o claritate elocventa si devastatoare suferinta si cruzimea. A fost in Nicaragua la apogeul razboiului, in Africa de Sud in timpul singerosilor ani 80' si in Rwanda dupa genocidul din 1994. Start: 19:00
Roach traieste de la 14 ani pe strada. Este rebel, zgomotos si insolent. Roach a primit o camera video ca sa-si expuna lumea in care traieste. Materialul video este important pentru ca s-a pornit un adevarat razboi impotriva copiilor care spala parbrizele masinilor. Canera video a lui Roach este in "spatele liniilor inamice": traind in case in ruine, spaland parbrize pentru bani si fiind vanat de politie. Start: 21:00
Un vas de lux poarta calatorii in sus pe Yangtze, pe mitica ruta fluviala. In cel mai mare efort ingineresc, de la Marele Zid pana acum, China a hotarat sa stavileasca fluviul Yangtze cu cel mai mare baraj din lume. In timpul asta la marginea fluviului Yu Shui spune adio familiei si isi paraseste mica bucata de teren, cu lucrurile stranse intr-o punga de plastic. Apele cresc. | ||
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06 / 3
Start: 18:30
End: 19:36
A group of six university students, calling themselves Wal-Town, take to the Canadian highway over two summers. Armed with thousands of pamphlets and fliers, and with a journalist along for the ride, they visit 36 of Canada's more than 200 Wal-Mart stores with one goal: to raise public awareness about Wal-Mart's business practices and the effects of the company's policies on cities and towns across Canada. | ||
06 / 4
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06 / 6
Start: 15:00
Anderson Sa este un fost traficant de droguri care declanseaza revolutia sociala in cel mai de temut cartier din Rio de Janeiro. Prin intermediul hip-hop-ului, al muzicii strazii si al dansului afro-brazilian, el uneste intreaga comunitate pentru contracararea opresiunii violente impusa de gastile de adolescenti consumatori si dealeri de droguri, sustinute de politia corupta. Start: 17:00
Azi muncitorii manuali se multumesc cu gandul ca mai bine o munca grea decat deloc: in Ucraina un grup de mineri scormonesc in adancurile unei mine de carbune ilegale; colectorii de sulf din Indonezia se confrunta cu fierbinteala unui vulcan activ; sange, foc si mirosuri fetide sunt un lucru firesc pentru lucratorii unui supraaglomerat abator din Nigeria; barbatii pakistanezi folosesc cateva unelte pentru a taia un tank petrolier abandonat; otelarii din China se tem ca sunt pe cale de disparitie... Start: 19:00
Roach traieste de la 14 ani pe strada. Este rebel, zgomotos si insolent. Roach a primit o camera video ca sa-si expuna lumea in care traieste. Materialul video este important pentru ca s-a pornit un adevarat razboi impotriva copiilor care spala parbrizele masinilor. Camera video a lui Roach este in "spatele liniilor inamice": traind in case ruinate, spaland parbrize pentru bani si fiind vanat de politie. PROIECTIE IN PREZENTA REGIZORULUI DANIEL CROSS (Canada)(discutii cu publicul) Start: 19:00
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
A story about peak oil in Cuba, the country's dedication to independence and how it survived crises related to resource shortages. Many Cubans express the belief that living on an island with its natural boundaries breeds awareness that there are limits to natural resources. Everyone who has worked on the documentary hopes that, seeing this film, people will see the world as another, much larger, island. Start: 21:00
In cel mai mare efort ingineresc de la Marele Zid pana acum, China a hotarat sa stavileasca fluviul Yangtze cu cel mai mare baraj din lume. Extraordinar filmat si foarte bine compus, Up the Yangtze juxtapune emotionanta istorie a tinerei Yu Shui peste omnipotenta si monumentala desfasurare de forte din jurul ei. Regizorul canadian de origine chineza Yung Chang a regizat filmul inspirandu-se din neo-realismul PROIECTIE IN PREZENTA PRODUCATORULUI DANIEL CROSS (discutii cu publicul) | ||
06 / 7
Start: 15:00
Satul Hamburg din Africa de Sud este locul unde traiesc multi copii bolnavi de SIDA, multi dintre ei sunt orfani. Parintii lor au fost rapusi de aceeasi boala. Filmul urmareste eforturile femeilor din comunitate pentru a salva copii, concentrandu-se pe doua personaje: Eunice, care uita de sine alergand sa-i ingrijeasca pe micuti si medicul generalist Carol, care-i spitalizeaza in propria casa. Selected: IDF Amsterdam 2007; Encounters Festival Johannesburg and Cape Town 2007; Tri-Continents Festival Johannesburg 2007; RIDM Montreal 2007 Start: 17:00
Edward Burtynsky este renumitul fotograf care realizeaza uriase fotografii ale naturii transformate de industrie. "Manufactured Landscapes" este documentarul uimitor al regizoarei Jennifer Baichwal care-l urmeaza pe fotograf in China, in timp ce el surprinde efectele industrializarii masive a tarii. Best Canadian Documentary - Calgary IFF & Atlantic FF; Best Canadian Film - Toronto IFF; Best Documentary Feature & Best Canadian Film - The Toronto Film Critics Association; Best Documentary - 2007 Genie Awards, Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - Sundance FF 2007. Start: 19:00
Filmul este un document revolutionar si artistic al identitatii de sex si al legaturii indestructibile intre frati gemeni, in pofida transformarilor. Fiind un portret onest al unei familii aflata intr-o perioada de confuzie, filmul urmareste doi frati gemeni in timp ce unul dintre ei face tranzitia de la barbat la femeie. Filmata intr-o perioada de peste trei ani, pelicula infatisaza incercarile familiei Farley pentru a se redefini. Start: 21:00
Este o istorie a Bucurestiului, asa cum se vede el in lumina arhitecturii de tip totalitarist, noi cei ce privim fiind constienti de faptul ca Puterea se exprima intotdeauna prin arhitectura. Ceausescu Nicolae a distrus Romania. In locul vechilor orase, a memoriei incastrate in zidurile monumentale, arhitectura de tip stalinist, de inspiratie Nord Coreeana, a erupt ca o plaga amenintand sa umileasca tot si sa demonstreze Puterea regimului. PROIECTIE IN PREZENTA REGIZORULUI NICOLAE MARGINEANU (discutii cu publicul) | ||
06 / 8
Start: 15:00
Provocator, amuzant, destept si cuprinzator, filmul de succes The Corporation castigator a peste 26 de premii internationale, exploreaza modul in care s-au nascut si s-au dezvoltat marile corporatii dominante ale timpurilor noastre. Pelicula cuprinde peste 40 de interviuri cu angajati ai corporatiilor si critici renumiti ai acestora, printre care Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva si Michael Moore. Start: 17:00
Ce-i face pe oameni sa se arunce in aer pentru o cauza? In acest film facem cunostinta cu doua femei, soldati de elita, antrenate pentru misiunea finala. Impartasim experienta lor traumatizanta din copilarie, visele si durerea pierderii familiilor. Dharsika si Puhalchudar fac parte din ultimul grup de luptatori Black Tigers din Sri Lanka. Sunt echipate pentru ultima misiune: au atasata strans de trup o mina care poate sa le arunce in aer si tot ce se gaseste in jur pe o raza de 30 de metri. St. Petersburg FF 2007 - Best Documentary; Message to Man IFF 2007 - Best Documentary Start: 17:00
"Acest film despre consumism ne-a consumat de tot... Foloseste limbajul video-clipului, al propagandei si publicitatii comerciale ca raspuns la fortele globalizarii. Raspunde cu foc la foc. Intrebarile pe care le ridica sunt mai importante decat orice raspunsuri pe care le sugereaza. Si credem ca audienta nu are decat de castigat din dezbaterile ulterioare." Start: 19:00
"De mai bine de 20 de ani James Nachtwey calatoreste in lume in locuri devastate de razboaie, foamete si saracie documentand cu o claritate elocventa si devastatoare suferinta si cruzimea. Filmul tacut si relfexiv al lui Frei este o marturie trista si emotionanta a acestei lumi si a eroismului modest cu care James Nachtwey o evoca." — A. O. Scott, The New York Times Nominated for OSCAR 2002 - Best Documentary Award; Georg Foster Peabody Award 2003; Emmy Award Nomination 2004; Winner of 16 International Awards 2002-2004 Start: 21:00
Regizorul Cornel Mihalache cauta un raspuns la intrebarea "Cine-a tras in noi, 21-22?", obsedanta intrebare de dupa decembrie 1989. O parte dintre personajele documentarului sunt revolutionari, dar in film apar si 350 de copii de clasa a VI-a, a VII-a si a VIII-a de la scoli din toata tara, care au raspuns la intrebarile "Ce s-a intamplat in 1989?" si "Cine a fost Ceausescu?". PROIECTIE IN PREZENTA REGIZORULUI CORNEL MIHALACHE (discutii cu publicul) | ||
06 / 9
Start: 19:00
End: 20:30
This is a film about Canada. "If we just let markets decide, we wouldn't have a country today." David Orchard Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade is a deeply researched, informative and thought-provoking documentary about the effects of free trade on Canada. | ||
06 / 10
Start: 18:30
End: 19:30
For 10 months, Andrée Cazabon tracked four young people as they prepared to leave the child welfare system. The result is Wards of the Crown, a stirring documentary about a little-known reality. | ||
06 / 11
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06 / 12
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness. Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. | ||
06 / 13
Start: 19:00
Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. The Water Front is the story of one community's determination to fight the seemingly inevitable path of water privatization. Start: 20:00
„Acest film despre consumism ne-a consumat de tot… Foloseste limbajul video-clipului, al propagandei şi publicităţii comerciale ca răspuns la forţele globalizării. Răspunde cu foc la foc. Întrebările pe care le ridică sînt mai importante decît orice răspunsuri pe care le sugerează. Şi credem că audienţa nu are decît de cîştigat din dezbaterile ulterioare.” – Juriul Festivalului Internaţional de Film Documentar de la Amsterdam, 2003 | ||
06 / 14
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06 / 15
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06 / 16
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06 / 17
Start: 18:30
In Collaboration with London Indymedia. It may be the greatest media technology paradigm shift since TV's advent. From Rodney King to Osama Bin Laden, handicams aren't just for weddings and family vacations anymore. Over the past decade, amateur camcorders have become the eyes of the world when no one else is watching. | ||
06 / 18
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06 / 19
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06 / 20
Start: 19:00
OilCrash, produced and directed by award-winning European journalists and filmmakers Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack, tells the story of how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision course with geology. Compelling, intelligent, and highly entertaining, the film visits with the world’s top experts and comes to a startling, but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be completely re-imagined and overhauled. Start: 20:00
Regizorul cauta un răspuns la obsedanta întrebare „Cine-a tras in noi, 21-22?”. O parte dintre personajele documentarului sînt revoluţionari, dar în film apar şi copii de clasa a VI-a, a VII-a si a VIII-a de la şcoli din toată ţara, care au răspuns la întrebările „Ce s-a întîmplat în 1989?” şi „Cine a fost Ceauşescu?”. Interesante, aiuritoare, pline de haz, uneori şi de miez, răspunsurile ilustrează ecourile contradictorii ale unui eveniment asemenea. | ||
06 / 21
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06 / 22
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06 / 23
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06 / 24
Start: 18:30
Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. THE WATER FRONT is the story of one community's determination to fight the seemingly inevitable path of water privatization. | ||
06 / 25
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06 / 26
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06 / 27
Start: 19:00
The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, No End In Sight is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Start: 19:00
Guvernul canadian, după ani de scandaluri şi corupţie, a căzut. Elita politică a Canadei se luptă pentru putere în alegerile federale din ianuarie 2006. Este timpul să intre în scenă candidaţii independenţi. | ||
06 / 28
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07 / 2
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07 / 3
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07 / 4
Start: 19:00
Everyone has heard both the positives and negatives of genetically modified crops, from biotech companies like Monsanto and from environmental and consumer groups like Greenpeace, yet no one has actually heard from those who actually grow the food we eat - the farmers. "Around the world, Canada or Ethiopia, it's the same: farmers have been kept out of the loop in terms of the development of new technologies." -Author and researcher Pat Roy Mooney, quoted in the film Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Documentarul prezintă „povestea unuia dintre cele mai semnificative experimente sociale din istoria omenirii”, după cum spune cineastul american John Alpert, cea a Decretului nr. 770 pentru reglementarea întreruperii cursului sarcinii, din anul 1966, transformat în lege. Decretul, semnat de Nicolae Ceauşescu, prevedea că o femeie are dreptul de a face avort doar dacă are peste 40 de ani şi patru copii în întreţinere şi interzicea orice formă de contracepţie. | ||
07 / 5
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07 / 6
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07 / 8
Start: 18:30
End: 19:22
Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth? Erik Gandini's approach through Surplus is to portray this issue from an emotional rather than a factual perspective. Start: 18:31
End: 18:57
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn. | ||
07 / 9
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07 / 11
Start: 19:00
A new breed of revolutionary stands poised along our information highways waging war on logos and symbols. They're "Culture Jammers" and their mission is to artfully reclaim our mental environment and cause a bit of brand damage to corporate mindshare. Director Jill Sharpe's subversively savvy one-hour documentary film - culturejam - Hijacking Commercial Culture- bursts our last bubble of illusion about free speech in public space and gives us spanking brand-new hope at the same time. Scream at the TV, but don't touch that dial! Start: 19:00
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 12
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 13
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 14
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 15
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. Start: 18:30
Dawn Crey. Ramona Wilson. Daleen Kay Bosse. These are just three of the estimated 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years. Directed by acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, Finding Dawn is a compelling documentary that puts a human face to this national tragedy. This is an epic journey into the dark heart of Native women's experience in Canada. | ||
07 / 16
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 17
(all day)
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. | ||
07 / 18
End: 19:00
Start: 07/11/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 07/18/2008 - 7:00pm
Filmul trasează o legatură între o fabrică din China şi strada Bourbon în timpul sărbătorii Mardi Gras, expunînd clar inechităţile globalizării. Regizorul David Redmon juxtapune excesului consumist american, viaţa grea a lucrătorilor din fabrica din China. Filmul urmareşte poveştile a patru tinere lucrătoare în cea mai mare fabrică de produse Mardi Gras din lume, facîndu-ne părtaşi la greutăţile lor financiare, sacrificiul de sine, visele de viaţă mai bună şi disciplina severă. Start: 19:00
Filmul este mai mult decît un documentar despre cocaină şi Bolivia. Poate fi considerat un studiu de caz asupra rolului pe care l-a avut politica Statelor Unite în această regiune, asupra fenomenului de dizidenţă şi rezistenţă. Filmul aruncă o privire critică asupra „razboaielor” care împart lumea in doua: pe de o parte o lume moderna, a globalizării şi progresului, iar pe de altă parte o lume locală, a unui „tradiţionalism revoltat”, cu foarte multe nuanţe. Start: 19:00
Six student activists. Thirty-six Canadian towns. One giant corporation. A daunting experiment in activism. | ||
07 / 19
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07 / 20
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07 / 21
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07 / 22
Start: 18:30
End: 19:42
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations. | ||
07 / 23
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07 / 24
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07 / 25
Start: 19:00
Outfoxed este unul dintre filmele care atrag atenţia asupra pericolului reprezentat de pierderea independenţei presei (cîteva familii deţin cele mai mari trusturi de presa din lume), asupra manipulării şi denaturării informaţiei, asupra influenţei media asupra politicului şi la nivelul formării opiniei şi deciziei electorale. Start: 19:00
The McLibel Trial is the infamous British court case between McDonald's and a former postman & a gardener from London (Helen Steel and Dave Morris). It ran for two and a half years and became the longest ever English trial. The defendants were denied legal aid and their right to a jury, so the whole trial was heard by a single Judge, Mr Justice Bell. He delivered his verdict in June 1997. | ||
07 / 26
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07 / 29
Start: 13:00
Something's happening on the edge of town. There's a desperate housewife in the parking lot, a musical chorus line mowing the lawn - and a loaded gun in the upstairs closet. Welcome to Radiant City, an entertaining and startling new film on 21st century suburbanites. Gary Burns, Canada's king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the burbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The Late Suburban Age. | ||
07 / 30
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07 / 31
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08 / 1
Start: 19:00
The Future of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. Start: 19:00
“Aveam o viaţă comodă, dar uşor schizofrenă pentru că 10 ore vorbeai despre nenorocirile din România si după aceea închideai uşa şi ieşeai într-o lume liberă <…> Trăiam în acelaşi sos pe care-l lăsasem în urmă. Nu puteam altfel! Asta era meseria şi într-un fel viaţa mea.” (Neculai Constantin Munteanu) | ||
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08 / 5
Start: 18:30
End: 22:40
El Contrato follows Teodoro Bello Martinez, a poverty-stricken father of four living in Central Mexico, and several of his countrymen as they make an annual migration to southern Ontario. For eight months of the year the town's population absorbs 4000 migrant labourers who pick tomatoes for conditions and wages no local will accept. Under a well-meaning government program that allows growers to monitor themselves, the opportunity to exploit workers is as ripe as the fruit they pick. Grievances are deflected by a long line of others "back home" who are willing to take their place. | ||
08 / 6
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08 / 7
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08 / 8
Start: 19:00
The Yes Men, a movie, follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world. The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com, and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors don’t notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives. | ||
08 / 9
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08 / 11
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08 / 12
Start: 18:30
Before Nine is a short fiction that explores issues of identity among Canadians who are subject to racism, alienation and gentrification. It is also a story about friendship and the ways in which sexual and ethnic differences can serve to bind people together in hostile environments - such can be the Canadian urban landscape. | ||
08 / 13
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08 / 14
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08 / 15
Start: 19:00
Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? | ||
08 / 16
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08 / 17
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08 / 18
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08 / 19
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08 / 20
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08 / 21
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08 / 22
Start: 19:00
In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. | ||
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Start: 19:00
"Outfoxed" examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know. The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person. | ||
