Just Film Festival - Opening Night Feb 11
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- Published on Tuesday, 09 February 2016 18:00
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Just two more days!
The Just Film Festival opens Thursday night with two Vancouver premieres.
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Visit justfilm.org for program details and more information.
Thursday, February 11 double-feature
7:00 - Lowdown Tracks 9:00 - The Hand that Feeds
The festival kicks off on Thursday, February 11th with two powerful films about struggle and survival, the Vancouver premieres of Lowdown Tracks, and The Hand that Feeds.
Emmy-winning Director of Lowdown Tracks, Shelley Saywell, teams up with musician/activist Lorraine Segato to present the stories of five musicians who are homeless or on society's margins. Lowdown Tracks is about bringing into focus the heartache and the beautiful potential we should see when we walk by someone on the street. In the end it is a celebration of the power of music and survival.
Sponsored by the BC Non-Profit Housing Society, CEO Tony Roy will facilitate a discussion and relate the issue of homelessness in the film, which was filmed in Toronto, to Vancouver.
At a popular bakery café in New York's upper-east side, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery and abusive managers. The Hand that Feeds tells the story of the workers, risking deportation, and some innovative young organizers who form their own independent union. In one roller-coaster year they endure a lock-out and betrayal. Winning a contract would set an historic precedent, but whatever happens, these workers will never be the same.Sponsored by the BC Federation of Labour, President Irene Lanzinger will introduce the film, and the BC Employment Standards Coalition will facilitate an interactive discussion to share ideas about how the issues depicted in the film, which is situated in New York, relate to the local context in BC following the screening.
Join Amnesty International, CoDevelopment Canada, Langara College, and Village Vancouver February 11-13 at the Vancity Theatre for the festival's 15th anniversary, bringing social justice and activism to the big screen.
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