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: 22:30
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: 19:00
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: 22:00
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: 19:30
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: 23:30
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: 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: 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
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. 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. | ||
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
Azi muncitorii manuali nu mai sunt cantati in imnuri de recunostinta. 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. | ||
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
(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
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
(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 / 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
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." 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. | ||
04 / 10
(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 / 11
(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
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 Start: 19:30
End: 23:00
A thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt as a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. If we could present this evidence to a jury in Texas, he would pay with his life. John Hankey speaks about his film: The maker of the films "JFKII - The Bush Connection" and "The Assassination of JFK Jr. - Murder by Manchurian Candidate" discusses the many ... all » bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of JFK Jr. | ||
