Join us every Thursday between July 9th to August 6th.
All screenings are FREE and will be followed by a discussion!
Everyone is welcome!
When: Thursdays at 7PM
Location: 2110 Mackay Street
(”Finding Dawn” and “Stolen Sisters” will be screened together on July
23rd outside 2035 st-Laurent**)
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JULY 9th
*Madonna: Truth or Dare*
Alek Keshishian / USA / 1991 / 98 min
Give It 2 Me: A Harm Reduction Approach to Diva Worship.
Featuring:
-Truth or Dare (the Madonna documentary), music videos, concert
footage & interview excerpts. The screenings will be followed
by a discussion of sexuality, whiteness, and diva worship. Through
harm reduction analysis, we will explore the space between apologist
and critic.
Discussion facilitated by Josh Pavan
JULY 16th
*Fight Back, Fight Aids: 15 Years Of Act Up*
James Wentzy / 75 min / 2002
James Wentzy’s in-your-face Fight Back, Fight AIDS is a compilation
of footage documenting the first ACT UP meeting in 1987 on New
York City’s Wall Street and continues to 2002. Amateur video recording
– at the demonstration level and from the private, behind-the-scenes
meetings and training – reveals the astonishing camaraderie that
united a politically enraged community, regardless of age, race,
ethnicity or gender.
Discussion facilitated by Marty Fink
JULY 23rd
*Finding Dawn*
*under the stars outside 2035 St-Laurent*
Christine Welsh /Canada /2006 /73 minutes
Dawn Crey. Ramona Wilson. Daleen Kay Bosse. These are just three out of hundreds of Aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in Canada over the past thirty years. Directed by acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh, Finding Dawn is a compelling documentary and epic journey.
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*Stolen Sisters: A documentary*
Canada/2007/60 min
Stolen Sisters is a documentary about Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, inspired by the 2005 report by Amnesty International entitled, “Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada.”
Brought to you by the Missing Justice Campaign.
*JULY 30th*
Screaming Queens: The Riot At Compton’s Cafeteria*
Victor Silverman & Susan Stryker / 57 min / 2005
Screaming Queens tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States — a 1966 riot in San Francisco’s impoverished Tenderloin neighbourhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York’s Stonewall Inn.
Discussion facilitated by Jackson Hagner
*AUGUST 6th*
From Danger to Dignity
Dorothy Fadiman & Beth Seltzer / USA / 1995 / 57 min
This eye-opening documentary chronicles the double-pronged movement-the grassroots activism and intensive legislative lobbying- that culminated in Roe v. Wade. The movie combines rare archival footage with present-day interviews to weave together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks to help women find safe abortions outside the law and the intensive efforts of activists and legislators who broke the silence and changed the laws.
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Defending a Choice for Women
Beverly Thompson / USA / 2007 / 27 min
A women’s reproductive health clinic–aptly named A Choice For Women–has come under attack by anti-choice activists. This documentary features the work of Miami Clinic Access Project (MCAP), as they defend this clinic over months and months in mid-2006.
Brought to you by the Reproductive Autonomy Campaign.