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Such choices....Three great film showing this evening:
Victoria Friends of Cuba invite you to:
This is a reminder for this coming Thursday, Feb. 19 Social Justice Film Night.As part of Black History Month we present:
"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-75"Directed by Göran Olsson
Nothing short of a revelation
featuring: Angela Davis - Harry Belafonte - Huey P. Newton - Stokely Cars21 Melvin Van Peebles - Sonia Sanchez - Bobby Seale - Ahmir Questlove Thompson - Elaine Brown - Edridge Cleaver Kathleen Cleaver - Louis Farrakhan - Abiodun Oyewole - Melvin Van Peebles - John Forté - Robin Kelley - Talib Kweli - Abiondun Oyewole - Erykah Badu
7:00pm Thursday, February 19BCGEU Hall - 2994 Douglas St. Victoria
Admission by donation
At the end of the 1960’s, numerous Swedish journalists came to the US, drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Filming for close to a... decade, they gained the trust of many of the leaders of the black power movement – Stoakely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis, and Eldridge Cleaver among them – capturing them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews.
Thirty years later, this lush collection of 16mm film, peppered with footage of Black Panther activities and B-roll images of black America, was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television. Director Göran Olsson and producer Danny Glover bring this mesmerizing footage to light and, integrating audio interviews with prominent African-American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle – from Erykah Badu to Harry Belafonte – craft a dynamic chronicle of the birth and life of a movement.
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VIPIRG and others invite you to Cinecenta this evening:
Concerning Violence7 p.m.
Special Event! Cinecenta tickets/passes not valid. Free Admission (by donation). Presented as part of Indigenous Resurgence Month & Black History Month, the screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Concerning Violence A powerful documentary combining newly discovered archival material depicting struggles for liberation in the Third World, accompanied by singer Lauryn Hill's searing narrative and drawn from Frantz Fanon's seminal anticolonial text, The Wretched of the Earth. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on Fanon’s legacy and contemporary decolonization struggles featuring: Glen Coulthard (Yellowknives Dene; Assistant Professor of First Nations Studies & Political Science, UBC) Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg; Writer, Scholar, Storyteller) Luam Kidane (Master’s Candidate in Art History & Communications, McGill; Co-Founder, NSOROMMA) Francis Adu-Febiri (Professor of Sociology, Camosun College) Moderated by Jarrett Martineau (Cree/Dene, Doctoral Candidate in Indigenous Governance, UVic) Sponsored by: Native Students Union | Students of Colour Collective | Indigenous Student Support Centre | African & Caribbean Students' Association | VIPIRG
Sponsored by the UVic
Committee for Urban Studies and the European Union Centre of Excellence
Film
Screening: "Welcome," a film by Philippe Lioret
Thursday,
February 19, 2015
Open
Space Gallery, 510 Fort Street
Doors Open at 6:30pm
Film Screening Begins at 7:00pm
The multi award-winning new
film from writer/director Philippe Lioret, WELCOME is a compassionate and
inspiring drama about the hope of new beginnings and the power of true love,
centred on two couples contending with issues of separation and
dislocation.
17-year-old Bilal has spent the last three months
travelling illegally across Europe, in an attempt to reunite with his
girlfriend Mina who has moved with her family to England. The long journey is
almost over when he finally reaches Calais, on the far northern coast of
France; he can literally see his destination from across the Channel. But with
all legal options exhausted, Bilal resolves that his only option is to learn to
swim, and make the dangerous crossing himself. Bilal
seeks the help of middle-aged swimming instructor Simon (Vincent Lindon), who
is privately reeling from impending divorce from his socially-conscious wife
Marion. In an effort to win her back, Simon impulsively - and
uncharacteristically - risks everything by taking Bilal under his wing. A huge critical and box
office success in its native France, this profoundly moving masterwork was
awarded the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival,
named Best Film at the 2010 Lumiere Awards, and received an astonishing ten
Cesar nominations including Best Film and Director. (http://welcomemovie.com.au)
This is a free public event at the Open Space Gallery ~ 510 Fort Street
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Run by
the Committee for Urban Studies at the University of Victoria, The City Talks
is a free public lecture series featuring distinguished scholars drawn from the
University of Victoria, across Canada, and beyond. Co-sponsored by the European
Union Centre of Excellence, the theme for the Spring 2015 series is Racism,
Memory, and Politics in the European City.
For more information, please visit www.TheCityTalks.ca
Tomorrow. Feb. 20th:
Dept of Geography Lecture Series: Cities and Politics in the 21st Century
Lisa Helps, Mayor, City of Victoria
Feb. 20th, 3:00 p.m.
David Turbin Building A104
regards, Margo
Margo MatwychukDirector
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