Join us for a free public film screening of “Sedition” (2008, 16mins) folllowed by Spoken Word performances by Rebecca Thomas (Halifax Poet Laureate) and Poets For Progress https://www.facebook.com/events/1252289604801649/ Paul O’Regan Hall https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/sedition Commissioned by PEN Canada in 2008, Sedition is a 16-minute documentary by Min Sook Lee that explores issues around media and bias, and…
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.
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…
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…
The Black Power Mixtape is an archive- and music- driven documentary that examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the African-American community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975.
This workshop will help us develop our capacities and confidence to talk one-on-one to other people about racism and other difficult but crucial topics.
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…
