Events

« Monday March 17, 2008 »
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(event) Sari's Mother Start: 19:30 End: 22:00 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 Iraqi mother to help for her 10-year-old son, Sari, who is dying of AIDS. The Zegum family lives in the restive Mahmudiyah area of central Iraq. They make their living by selling milk and butter, farming land rented from their neighbors. As the film opens US military helicopters are flying low over their (event) Before Nine 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. (event) My Daughter the Terrorist 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.

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