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Come out every Wednesday for a free documentary film, presented by OPIRG (and often co-hosted by other social justice and environmental organizations). Students and non-students alike are invited! Wheelchair accessible (from parking lot doors).
The documentaries start at 7pm in Sadleir House, 751 George St. North.The documentary and the organic popcorn are free, but donations are happily accepted!
For more information contact OPIRG at 741-1208. Special thanks to the Trent Film Society
Upcoming Movies in 2010:
Feb 10th: Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm
Passion and Power tracks the controversial history of the electro-magnetic vibrator from the Victorian era – when doctors used the device to treat so-called hysterics – to the postfeminist present, as we bear unfortunate witness to the passage of reactionary laws banning its sale in several states.
Feb 17th: Reading Break
No Movie
Feb 24th: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car? investigates the events leading to the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles. Through interviews and narrative, the film paints a picture of an industrial culture whose aversion to change and reliance on oil may be deeper then its ability to embrace ready solutions.
March 3rd: The Fight for True Farming
In this documentary, crop and animal farmers in Quebec, the Canadian West, the US Northeast, and France offer solutions to the social and environmental scourges of factory farming. Driven by the forces of globalization, rampant agribusiness is harming the environment and threatening the survival of farms. The proliferation of GMO crops is a further threat to biodiversity, and also to farmers’ autonomy. In Europe and North America, a current of resistance brings farmers and consumers together; the groups insist that it is possible, and indeed imperative to grow food differently. The Fight for True Farming is a film of grim lucidity and irrepressible hope.
March 10th
No film
March 17th: Diamonds of War- Africa's Blood Diamonds
Hosted by investigative reporter Dominic Cunningham-Reid, this National Geographic TV special follows the international trade of illegal diamonds along a danger-filled route from Sierra Leone to Antwerp. Much of the footage is disturbingly authentic, culled via hidden cameras and surveillance photos. It is clear throughout that Cunningham-Reid and his crew are in grave danger as they article the tie-in between diamond smuggling and the financing of terrorists.
March 24th: Darfur Diaries: Message from Home
Darfur Diaries: Message From Home is a brutally honest inside look into the current tragedy befalling the Darfur region. Filmmakers Adam Shapiro, Jen Marlow and Aisha Bain filmed the personal stories of those affected by the horrors in the Darfur region. This documentary serves not only to educate the world about the genocide being committed on a daily basis, but also as a message that we as a global society must come together and make a difference by helping those who are suffering.
March 31st: The Agronomist
A profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique.
It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews
with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long
love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before
Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.
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