Feb 13th, 1230 and 630pm - PPP Presents Surfing and Cycling for Peace Three City Tour

Details: Published on Sunday, 09 February 2014 15:20; Written by editor

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Dear Friends,

Pacific Peoples’ Partnership, MediaNet and Open Cinema are presenting Stories of Surfing and Cycling for Peace in West Papua as a three city tour this February 2014. The tour combines screenings of Isolated plus homecoming performances of Jeremy Bally’s... Pedalling for Papua.

Isolated is a feature documentary film that follows elite world surfers on a journey to find remote waves around the islands of Indonesia. What they discover, however, is an unfolding atrocity in West Papua, linking gross human rights violations, military occupation, and natural resource extraction. www.isolated.tv

Pedalling for Papua is an international bicycling and performance tour which concluded in December 2013. Campaigner Jeremy Bally travelled nearly 22,000 kilometres on bicycle to share the story of West Papua around the world. Bally has returned home to share the performance as well as his experiences on his tour with local audiences. www.pedallingforpapua.com

The events will provide opportunities for audiences to see many sides of this complex, tragic and beautiful story through the eyes of explorers, athletes and storytellers.  

Film Screenings & Performances:

Thursday, February 13, 2014 – Victoria

Victoria Event Centre , 1415 Broad Street

Doors at 6:30 pm, show at 7:00 pm / Tickets: $15 at the door, or $10 in advance purchased through: http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/pacific-peoples-partnership-5925728759?s=21390785

Saturday, February 15, 2014 – TOFINO

Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre, 380 Campbell Street

Door at 8:00 pm Show at 8:30 pm. Tickets $8 www.tofinofilmfestival.com  

Monday, February 17, 2014 – VANCOUVER

Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema (Gold Corp Centre for the Arts)

Vancouver Campus - SimonFraserUniversity, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

Door at 6:30 pm show at 7:00 pm. / Tickets: $10 in advance or $15 at the door  

Advanced tickets can be purchased online at:

http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/pacific-peoples-partnership-5925728759?s=21390785 

Filmmakers from Isolated and Jeremy Bally will attend all events.

Additional Presentations:

Thursday, February 13, 2014 – Victoria / Lunch & Learn

Harry Hickman Building, Room 110, University of Victoria

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Admission is free, all welcome!

Jeremy Bally will be joined by Geoff Clark, producer of Isolated, and Todd Biderman of Pacific Peoples’ Partnership, for a lunch hour panel presentation and discussion on their experiences and developments in West Papua. This event is being hosted by UVic’s Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives as part of their Lunch & Learnseries.

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Phone: 250-381-4131 / Web: www.pacificpeoplespartnership.org

Any funds raised will enable PPP and local Papuan counterparts to strengthen civil society in the Manokwari region of West Papua, including the five women's cooperatives in West Papua serving a network of over 2000 West Papuan women. You can donate now at: https://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?charityID=s32540

Thank you so much for your support and friendship! Please share this event information as you see fit, let’s raise awareness about West Papua together as a step towards peace!

April and the Team at PPP

PPP is grateful to all our Tour Partners: LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, MediaNet, Open Cinema, Tofino Film Festival, Aarrow Productions, Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation, Something Kreative, the Constant Arts Society, Province of British Columbia, the Elders and Youth Tribal Governance Fund at the Victoria Foundation, and Rika Oceanscapes and Design!

Pacific Peoples' Partnership
407-620 View Street
Victoria, BCV8W 1J6
Canada
Tel: +1.250.381.4131
Fax: +1.888.812.7346