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Archive of March, 2007
If you were interested the Umoyo: Girlhood dossier from late last year, you might be interested in catching the girls as they cross Canada speaking about their experiences on an intercultural exchange in Nigeria.
The Toronto delegation of girls will be in Montreal on Saturday, March 31 for a screening of their Umoyo material.
7:30-9:30 pm
NFB Cinemas (double bill with ‘Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes of Africa?)
1564 Rue St-Denis
The Umoyo: Girlhood dossier examines the experience of girlhood across borders.
More dates to follow.
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Give them cameras and they’ll reveal a whole other world.
Deborah Scranton is the Director of the award-winning documentary The War Tapes, a piece mostly filmed by soldiers in Iraq.
The humanistic quality of Scranton’s filmmaking is what defines her craft. She claims that her mantra is to “confront the wall of ‘objectivity’ and smash through it. It?s about being human first, a journalist and filmmaker second.”
Check out The War Tapes site
Related dossier: War Resisters
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Laura
March 5, 2007
What makes Montreal so cool?
The growing movement of underground music where artists like the Kalmunity Vibe Collective have dug their roots. A melting pod of funk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, spoken word and socially-engaging vibes are some ingredients to their amazing music.
Spontaneity is the name of the game.
The group has around 70 members but you?ll find only 7-12 performing at the same time. With a plethora of instruments and unique diversity, their beats are always improvised and always eclectic.
Catch the Kalmunity Vibe Collective every Tuesday night at Sablo Caf? (50 St-Zotique, corner St-Dominique) from 8-11pm.
Watch out for an upcoming documentary on political music that will feature Kalmunity Vibe, in CitizenShift?s Change the Beat! dossier.
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denise
March 5, 2007
If you’ve been following my blog, then you’ll know that I’ve been covering the issue of femicide particularly as it plays out in Juarez, Mexico; However femicide is not limited to the Mexican border town. Tragically a very similar situation is happening in Guatemala. For instance, according to Amnesty International UK, records suggest that nearly 1,700 Guatemalan women have been murdered in the past five years and in 2005, more than ten women were killed every week.
Fortunately this issue has been receiving more and more coverage particularly in the blogesphere. Xeni Jardin (blogger/editor for BoingBoing and writer/commentator for Wired Magazine and National Public Radio) visited Guatemala in late ‘06 and blogged about several issues including the femicide. Holly’s Fight to Stop Violence also includes blogs posts on the issue. This matter has also been explored via documentary film. Killer’s Paradise a co-production between the NFB and the BBC exposes the mass killings of women in Guatemala and the reluctance or downright refusal of the local authorities to investigate the crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice. If you have an interest in this issue, you should note that in observance of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2007, The National Film Board of Canada in partnership with Amnesty International will be presenting three films in three Canadian cities. Included in this presentation will be the North American premiere of the award winning documentary Killer’s Paradise, to be followed by a panel discussion. For more information please visit: www.nfb.ca/iwd.
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