Join us for a free public film screening of “Is the Crown at War with Us?” (2002, 97mins) https://www.facebook.com/events/1446923048657655/ Paul O’Regan Hall https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/crown-war-us 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…
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….
INUIT KNOWLEDGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE (2010, Dirs. Zacharias Kunuk & Ian Mauro, 60′). Nunavut-based director Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat The Fast Runner) and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro (Seeds of Change) have teamed up with Inuit communities to document their knowledge and experience regarding climate change. This new documentary, the world’s first Inuktitut language film on the topic,…
These documentary films explore the how new technologies and global-scale problems pose hard questions for today’s society. Join us for provocative documentary films, followed by moderated discussion. A collaboration betweenThe Radical Imagination Project and the Cinema Politica Network and the Halifax Public Libraries. More information: http://radicalimagination.org/whose-knowledge-whose-power All screenings are held at the new Central Branch of the…
