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Screening: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2010)
THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH (2010, Dir.Chad Freidrichs, 83'). It began as a housing marvel. Two decades later, it ended in rubble. But what happened to those caught in between? The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home. At the film’s historical centre is an analysis of the massive impact of the national…
Find out more »Screening: My Brooklyn (2012) and Remember Africville (1991)
MY BROOKLYN (2012, Dirs. Kelly Anderson & Allison Lirish Dean, 76') is a documentary about Director Kelly Anderson’s personal journey, as a Brooklyn “gentrifier,” to understand the forces reshaping her neighborhood along lines of race and class. The story begins when Anderson moves to Brooklyn in 1988, lured by cheap rents and bohemian culture. By Michael Bloomberg’s election as mayor in 2001, a massive speculative real estate boom is rapidly altering the neighborhoods she has come to call home. She watches…
Find out more »Screening: Portrait of Resistance (2011)
PORTRAIT OF RESISTANCE: THE ART AND ACTIVISM OF CAROLE CONDÉ & KARL BEVERIDGE (2011, Dir. Roz Owen, 72'). As the wealth-divide and environmental crises grip public awareness, the world is finally catching up to the vision and ideas of Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge — pioneering artist-activists who have been working for social change since the mid 70’s. Inspired by their visual innovations and feisty wit, PORTRAIT OF RESISTANCE intimately captures Carole Condé & Karl Beveridge as they create provocative staged photographs…
Find out more »Screening: Kanehsatake – 270 Years of Resistance
The Radical Imagination Project is delighted to be once again partnering with Cinema Politica and the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library to curate a series of provocative documentary films to Halifax from September to December 2015. These films focus on key contemporary issues and will be followed by moderated discussions. All Screenings are free and open to the public. 25 years since the momentous events that changed Canada forever (1993, director: Alanis Obomsawin) On a hot July day in 1990, an historic…
Find out more »Screening: Til the Cows Come Home
The Radical Imagination Project is delighted to be once again partnering withCinema Politica and the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library to curate a series of provocative documentary films to Halifax from September to December 2015. These films focus on key contemporary issues and will be followed by moderated discussions. Monday, September 21, 6:30pm – Central Branch Library, rm. 301 Til the Cows Come Home (2014, director: Lenny Epstein) When Canada’s Government takes the decision to transform the correctional system to one…
Find out more »Election Night Special Screening: Riots Reframed
The Radical Imagination Project is delighted to be once again partnering withCinema Politica and the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library to curate a series of provocative documentary films to Halifax from September to December 2015. These films focus on key contemporary issues and will be followed by moderated discussions. All films are free and open to the public. Monday, October 19, 6:30pm – Central Branch Library, rm. 301 Election Night special: Riots Reframed Riots Reframed is a feature-length documentary which reframes…
Find out more »Screening: Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
The Radical Imagination Project is delighted to be once again partnering withCinema Politica and the Central Branch of the Halifax Public Library to curate a series of provocative documentary films to Halifax from September to December 2015. These films focus on key contemporary issues and will be followed by moderated discussions. All screenings are free and open to the public. Monday, November 2, 6:30pm – Central Branch Library, rm. 301 Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014, directors: Keegan Kuhn and Kip Andersen) COWSPIRACY: THE…
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