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.
Events
08 / 12
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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. | ||
08 / 23
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08 / 24
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08 / 25
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08 / 26
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08 / 27
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08 / 28
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08 / 29
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. | ||
08 / 30
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08 / 31
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09 / 1
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09 / 2
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09 / 3
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09 / 4
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09 / 5
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This century-old empire has created some of the most toxic products ever sold, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the herbicide Agent Orange. Based on a painstaking investigation, The World According to Monsanto puts together the pieces of the company’s history, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and numerous first-hand accounts. | ||
09 / 6
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09 / 8
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09 / 9
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09 / 10
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09 / 11
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