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Showing posts with label Sarnia Justice Film Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarnia Justice Film Festival. Show all posts
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Sarnia Justice Film Festival: Migrant Dreams
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Saturday: Madina's Dream
The Sarnia Justice Film Festival will screen Madina's Dream: The Story of Rebels and Refugees
Fighting to Survive in Sudan's Nuba Mountains on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 7pm at the Sarnia Library Theatre.
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| To learn more about the film and the fundraising efforts, visit http://www.madinasdream.com/ |
Here's the film description from the SJFF: "Madina’s Dream is an
unflinching and poetic glimpse into a forgotten war. After decades of
civil war, South Sudan achieved its independence from Sudan in 2011. But inside
Sudan, the conflict continues. Sudan’s government employs aerial bombings and
starvation warfare against the inhabitants of the Nuba Mountains. Hundreds of
thousands of civilians have fled to refugee camps in South Sudan or remain
trapped in the war zone. Eleven-year-old Madina and countless others dream of a
brighter future for their people."
Conversation after the film wll be led by Allyson Larkin, assistant professor in the Social Justice and
Peace Studies program at King’s University College at the University of Western
Ontario.
The Sarnia Justice Film Festival will be back next year! Follow them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SarniaJusticeFilmFestival) and Twitter (@SarniaJusticeFF) to learn about the 2016-2017 line up.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Sarnia Justice Film Festival
The next film in the Sarnia Justice Film Festival is The Clean Bin Project: Trying to Live a Waste-Free Life. It plays on Saturday, February 20 at 7pm.
This series runs at the Sarnia Library, and it's free of charge.
Here's a brief description of the film:
"Is it
possible to live completely waste free? In this multi-award winning film partners
Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off
consumerism and produce the least garbage. Their light-hearted
competition is set against a darker examination of the problem waste.
Even as Grant and Jen start to garner interest in their project, they struggle
to find meaning in their minuscule influence on the large-scale environmental
impacts of our “throw-away society”. This film will prove to be a fun and
inspiring call to individual action to deal with the waste we produce."
Dr. Kate Parizeau (Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph) and Mary Jean O’Donnell (President of MJ Waste Solutions) will lead a conversation afterwards about waste in our everyday lives.
The Sarnia Justice Film Festival has two more films scheduled after this one:
March 12- Oil and Water: A film about searching for a
more just future for all people around the world born with oil beneath their
feet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTeAAJgDNb4
April 23- Madina's Dream:
A film about rebels and refugees fighting to survive in Sudan's Nuba Mountains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_MD9gg2WRw
Follow the Film Festival on Twitter: @SarniaJusticeFF
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Sarnia Justice Film Festival: Last film of the season!
This Saturday (April 25), the Sarnia Justice Film Festival will screen Divide in Concord: A Tale of Banning Bottled Water. The film will be shown upstairs at the Sarnia Library at 7 pm. All are welcome, and there is no charge to attend.
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| Jean Hill, who leads the fight against bottled water in her town. (photo credit to The Toronto Film Scene) |
Divide in Concord follows the story of Jean Hill, an 84-year-old woman working to ban the sale of bottled water in Concord, Massachusetts.
After the film, attendees will be invited to participate in a dialogue about the state of Canadian water, and experts will be on hand to answer questions.
You can read more about the film and the debate it's generated here: http://divideinconcord.com/
For
more information about the Justice Film Festival, email justicefilm@sympatico.ca or visit
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