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Wal-Town : The Film

Join the activists of the UberCulture Collective on a road trip to check out the effects of Wal-Marts on small towns and big cities across Canada.

Watch the evolution of how this film began!

In the Spring of 2004 Ezra Winton, Co-Director of the UberCulture Collective, decided to take a road trip and find out what was happening to Canadian towns once Wal-Mart moved in. Five other student activists, one journalist and two filmmakers joined him, and together they took the Wal-Town Project on the road.

Their goal?: to stop at one Wal-Mart a day, and to stage the occasional culture jam to inform the public about the corporate giant in their midst.

What are your feelings about Wal-Mart and expanding corporations? Comment here, and upload your media!

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Six students, a van, and a lot of material to disseminate: the Wal-Town tour stops off for a photo op near Dryden, Ontario. (Left-to-right: Johanne Savoy, Tim McSorley, Tom Price, Danielle Dalzell, Ezra Winton and Samara Chadwick.)
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Keywords: apathie, citoyens, condition de vie, droite de vote, élections, engagement civique, Éric Deschênes, gouvernement fédéral, gouvernement provincial, jeune adulte, Jeunes, partis politiques, politique, Québec, vote, « Prenez votre place »
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WAL-TOWN - The Film  (clip 1)
WAL-TOWN - The Film (clip 1)
According to a local shopkeeper in Stratford, 'a lot of lights would go out' if Wal-Mart came to town....
How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
This movie was chosen as an official selection of the 6th annual Media That Matters film festival. See more great change...
WAL-TOWN - The Film  (clip 4)
WAL-TOWN - The Film (clip 4)
Wal-Town team leader Ezra interviews Andy Wells, Mayor of St. John's Newfoundland. ...
WAL-TOWN - The Film  (clip 2)
WAL-TOWN - The Film (clip 2)
Wal-Mart's policies regarding trade unions have had dramatic consequences in Jonquiere Quebec....
WAL-TOWN - The Film  (clip 3)
WAL-TOWN - The Film (clip 3)
The Beast of Bentonville is loose! Can the Wal-Town crew contain his voracious appetite for profits? ...
Debate in the Classroom
Debate in the Classroom
UberCulture Collective's Ezra Winton debates with classmates during a presentation on Wal-Mart's founder....
Explaining Wal-Town at the University of Ottawa
Explaining Wal-Town at the University of Ottawa
UberCulture Collective member Ezra Winton talks about the Wal-Town project at the University of Ottawa....
Bonfire of the Uniforms
Bonfire of the Uniforms
Former Wal-Mart employees in Jonquiere, Quebec burn their uniforms and name tags in protest....
No Happy Face in Jonquiere
No Happy Face in Jonquiere
Protesters at an anti-Wal-Mart rally in Jonquiere, Quebec give the Wal-Mart happy face a new look....
Bernard Landry on Wal-Mart
Bernard Landry on Wal-Mart
Bernard Landry explains why he doesn't shop at Wal-Mart anymore....
The Beast of Bentonville Unleashed
The Beast of Bentonville Unleashed
The collective creates a "Theatre Jam" in a Wal-Mart parking lot, to the bemusement of the shopping public....
A Meeting with the Mayor
A Meeting with the Mayor
UberCulture Collective's Ezra Winton debates the pros and cons of Wal-Mart with the Mayor of St. John's Nfld....
The Projector Jam
The Projector Jam
The UberCulture Collective stages a "projector jam" in front of a Wal-Mart in Fredericton, New Brunswick....
Wal-Town's Theme
Wal-Town's Theme
The official Wal-Town theme song, written and performed by Matt Tomlinson....
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 1)
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 1)
A culture jammer talks about his group's most famous stunt. ...
Converting the Preacher, a film by Craig G. Desson
Converting the Preacher, a film by Craig G. Desson
überCulture Collective co-founder Ezra Winton talks about being an activist....
Food Space
Food Space
Concerned students have taken it upon themselves to produce and distribute affordable, healthy food for the University p...
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 2)
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 2)
Culture jammer Reverend Billy takes his message to a Disney shop in New York....
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 3)
CultureJam - Hijacking Commercial Culture, a film by Jill Sharpe (clip 3)
Two people from opposite sides of the spectrum sound off about advertising....
Store
Perpetually & Morally Committed Shopping-Droids
More is Less
Samara Chadwick
Wal-Mart Makes Me Cry
The überCulture Collective
Ezra and Mel
Cranbrook
Snacks
Parade
The Rules
Home Town
  • Biography of Ezra Winton, co-founder of überCulture Collective
  • Reflections of a Wal-Town Roadie
  • Sergeo Kirby: Filmmaker Biography
  • The Belly of the Beast
  • Adbusters
  • Glia
  • sniggle.net
  • überCulture Collective official Website.
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