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Screening: The Spirit of Annie Mae (followed by a discussion with the Director)
Screening: The Spirit of Annie Mae (followed by a discussion with the Director) Dir. Catherine Martin, 2002, 73m March 7, 6:30pm - Paul O'Regan Hall In 1975, Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, a 30-year-old Nova Scotia born-Mi'kmaw, was shot dead, execution style, on a desolate road in South Dakota. Nearly three decades later the crime remains a mystery. Aquash was highly placed in the American Indian Movement (AIM), a radical First Nations organization that took up arms in the 1970s to fight for…
Find out more »Screening: Gulabi Gang
Screening: Gulabi Gang Dir. Nishtha Jain, 2012, 96m March 21, 6:30pm - Paul O'Regan Hall Enter the badlands of Bundelkhand in central India and you have entered a place of desolation, dust and despair. And yet it is hope that we discover as we follow the pink sari-clad women of Gulabi Gang. These women travel long distances by cart and tractor, bus and train, to wrest justice for women and Dalits, undeterred by sneering policemen and condescending bureaucrats. Sampat Pal,…
Find out more »Screening: The Little Black School House (followed by a discussion with the director)
Screening: The Little Black School House (followed by a discussion with the Director) Dir. Sylvia D. Hamilton, 2007, 60m April 4, 6:30pm - Paul O'Regan Hall This one-hour documentary unearths the story of the children, women, men who were students and teachers in Canada’s racially segregated schools. With a vibrant musical score composed by jazz legend, Joe Sealy, it is a poignant and unfailingly honest evocation of the struggle of African Canadians to achieve dignity and equality through education. Extraordinary archival film…
Find out more »Screening: Transgender Parents
Screening: Transgender Parents Dir. Rémy Huberdeau, 2014, 45m April 18, 6:30pm - Paul O'Regan Hall TRANSGENDER PARENTS is about love, life and kids after a gender transition. It shares the struggles and strengths of several trans women and trans men navigating different stages of parenting: from pregnancy, through raising infants, toddlers and teenagers. Some, who transitioned prior to founding their families, experience fertility clinics and hospital births; others, who transitioned in the presence of their kids work to renegotiate their identity and…
Find out more »Screening: Pride Denied: Homonationalism & the Future of Queer Politics
Set to the backdrop of World Pride in Toronto in June 2014, Pride Denied: Homonationalism and the Future of Queer Politics explores the concepts of pride and homonationalism through interviews with activists, community organizers, artists, and academics.
Find out more »Every Cook Can Govern: The Life, Impact & Works of CLR James
A documentary about the life and legacy of CLR James, a giant of 20th century radical thought whose influence on Black liberation, anti-colonial thought and Marxist theory cannot be overstated.
Find out more »Hit and Stay: A History of Faith and Resistance film (screening)
Join us for a free public film screening of "Hit and Stay: A History of Faith and Resistance film screening"(2013, 97mins) https://www.facebook.com/events/1799371680277092/ Room 301 https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/hit-stay-history-faith-and-resistance On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of Draft Board records out into the parking lot, and set them on fire with homemade napalm. They then prayed, and waited to be arrested. In doing so, they kindled a wave of similar protests against the…
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