In Collaboration with London Indymedia.
Events
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10 / 3
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
It was the summer of 2000 and the country watched with disbelief as federal fishery officers appeared to wage war on the Mi'gmaq fishermen of Esgenoopetitj, or Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? What happened at Burnt Church? | ||
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10 / 6
Start: 19:00
End: 22:00
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. | ||
10 / 7
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Brazil is a nation where political and economic corruption and violent crime are a way of life for many, and filmmaker Jason Kohn examines some of the more unusual ways they manifest themselves in this documentary. | ||
10 / 8
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10 / 9
Start: 13:30
End: 13:45
The Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign is challenging one of the fastest growing threats to the world’s tropical forests: the rapid expansion of industrial agriculture. Fueled in part by the growing demand for biofuels, U.S. agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge and Cargill are establishing soy and palm oil operations in some of the planet’s most biodiverse forests. Start: 13:45
End: 15:30
In Collaboration with London Indymedia This DWD Compilation, featuring 6 short films and bonus material, is “DIY” film making at its best. Filmed in a cross section of locations in North and South America this DVD captures the essence of the modern global justice movement. WARNING! May incite urgent radical action. Over 100 minutes of radical memetic replication. Data Reel: Episode 1 | ||
10 / 10
Start: 19:00
End: 19:30
Landmine survivors become solar energy technicians: one of many initiatives of Falls Brook Centre to develop sustainable livelihoods. Start: 19:30
End: 20:00
Heralded as "a masterpiece of animated art," this timeless film tells the inspirational story of a solitary shepherd who patiently plants and nurtures a forest of thousands of trees, single-handedly transforming his arid surroundings into a thriving oasis. | ||
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10 / 12
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10 / 13
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10 / 14
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
Headstrong Ayan, a refugee from Somalia, has big dreams. New to Canada, she’ll show anyone she can provide for her family. Still, it’s difficult to keep it all together. On top of the soaring rent, her daughters, 16-year-old Nasrah and 13-year-old Leila, need braces. And even working two jobs as a cleaner, it’s tough to find enough money to send to her anxious husband and two sons still stuck in East Africa. Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
As part of a conference focused on the 50th anniversary of Isaiah Berlin's 'Two Concepts of Liberty' essay, this film will be screened for critical review. The conference will be a major academic event at UBC, with scholars coming from around the world to present their thoughts on both Berlin's historical significance and the ideal of freedom more generally. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC documentary series by English filmmaker Adam Curtis, well known for other documentaries including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares. Start: 19:30
End: 21:30
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Start: 19:30
“My ancestors have farmed this land generation after generation, and I just about ended the whole thing. What do you do when nothing is left? And in a rural community where you aren’t welcome because you’re kind of different.” —Farmer John Peterson | ||
10 / 15
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10 / 16
Start: 14:15
End: 15:30
In Collaboration with London Indymedia. | ||
10 / 17
Start: 19:00
War Dance is a powerful documentary that follows a group of schoolchildren as they overcome nearly insurmountable odds in their quest to participate in the annual Kampala Music Festival. For over 20 years, Northern Uganda has been a war zone, as a vicious rebel force, the Lords Resistance Army, has run rampant, destroying villages, kidnapping children, and murdering parents. The survivors are forced to live in refugee camps, where conditions are bleak and resources are scarce. Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
The government of New Brunswick has handed the management of millions of acre of Crown land to six multinational corporations. In Forbidden Forest, we meet two very different men united by a passion to save the forest and to bring some of this public land under community control. Jean Guy Comeau is an Acadian woodlot owner who fought his way out of poverty and retired after nearly 40 years in a pulp mill. Born to a wealthy family, Francis Wishart is a painter and winemaker with homes in France and New Brunswick. | ||
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10 / 19
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10 / 20
Start: 19:30
End: 22:30
SYNOPSIS - THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO: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. | ||
10 / 21
Start: 19:00
Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Islam today is the world's second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Start: 19:36
Learn about the search for identity, community conformity, organic farming, and the joys and dangers of driving a tractor while wearing a pink boa. “My ancestors have farmed this land generation after generation, and I just about ended the whole thing. What do you do when nothing is left? And in a rural community where you aren’t welcome because you’re kind of different.” —Farmer John Peterson Start: 20:00
SYNOPSIS - GARBAGE WARRIOR: What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you're renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. | ||
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10 / 24
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
View From a Grain of Sand is a journey through the last 30 years of Afghanistan's history as lived by three Afghan women. Shot over the last three years in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a doctor, teacher and social activist tell how their lives were violently affected by wars of international making and three different regimes in Afghanistan. Yet through all their loss, and the destruction of their homes and country, these women have endured. | ||
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10 / 27
Start: 19:30
End: 22:30
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10 / 28
Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
This Is What Democracy Looks Like weaves together gripping video with narration by SUSAN SARANDON and music by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE to tell the real story of what happened in the streets of Seattle Start: 19:00
End: 21:00
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Start: 20:00
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. | ||
10 / 29
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10 / 30
Start: 13:30
End: 15:00
In Collaboration with London Indymedia. The Big Sell Out is a political film. In various episodes the abstract phenomenon of privatization 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 privatization 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 Organization (WTO). | ||
10 / 31
Start: 19:00
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. | ||
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