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2016 Film Descriptions

24 Hour Drum            
34 min.            2015​

Carswell Films
Filmmaker: Ed Carswell


This film follows a 3 month journey taken by an Aboriginal Youth Leadership group in BC’s Sea to Sky corridor. Inspired and empowered by an Urban Ink slam poetry workshop, the youth created work around two chosen themes; 1) missing and murdered Aboriginal women and  2)what it is like to be Aboriginal today. They rehearsed and then performed spoken word and poetry in schools throughout the region at the 24 Hour Drum event on May 1, 2015.  Twelve days later they performed to an audience of over 400 at the Canadian Association of Principals Conference in Whistler.  Now there is no stopping them! ​



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UBCO 
University 
Theatre

Thursday
March 12
8:00pm





All the Time in the World: Disconnecting to Reconnect        88 min.   2014                     

www.allthetimeintheworld.ca

Director: Suzanne Crocker

Story Editor: Nettie Wild


In search of a new perspective, a family of five leaves the comforts of home to live in the remote Yukon wilderness during the long northern winter and amidst the considerable surprises that the rawness of nature provides. The parents leave their jobs and take their three children (ages 10, 8 and 4) to spend nine months living in a small cabin with no road access, electricity, running water, Internet, TV or phone. Clocks and watches are also conspicuous by their absence.

This family-friendly film explores the idea of disconnecting from our hectic, technology-laden lives in order to reconnect with each other and our natural environment. The film is noteworthy for offering the unique perspectives of the children as they connect with both their parents and nature. “Heartwarming and breathtaking” Most Popular Canadian Documentary, Vancouver Int'l Film Festival

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Okanagan College 

Sunday 1:30 pm

Student Theatre


American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs 


         83 min.            2013   
http://americanrevolutionaryfilm.com/about-the-film/


Good Docs

Director: Grace Lee


Grace Lee Boggs is a 99-year-old Chinese American writer, activist, and philosopher.  Rooted for more than 70 years in the African American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future. Grace's lifetime of vital thinking and action traverses major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labour to civil rights, to Black Power, feminism, the Asian American and environmental justice movements and beyond. Angela Davis, Bill Moyers, Danny Glover and others help shape this story. “Revolution”, Boggs says, “is about the ability to transform oneself to transform the world”. Best Feature, Toronto Asian Film Festival & Woodstock Festival; Audience Award,Wisconsin Film Festival 
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Okanagan College  
 8:15 pm
Saturday

Student Theatre


Becoming Bulletproof                82 min.            2014 

http://becomingbulletproofmovie.com/Splash/Becoming_Bulletproof.html    

superfilms.tv
Director: Michael Barnett


Joy and persistence triumph over adversity in this award-winning documentary about a diverse group of people from across North America who come together in a camp every year to make a movie. On this occasion, it will be a Western called Bulletproof and the entire point is that it should be fun regardless of the challenges each person faces.

Barnett’s documentary brings us face to face with our prejudices and misunderstandings.  This is not the story of someone else who may have a disability; it is our story of who we are or may become.  Becoming Bulletproof  is a film about striving to live fully through artistic endeavour and raises important questions about the exclusion and marginalization of people with different abilities. This life-affirming film has much to teach us about embracing the great diversity of humanity.  Best Documentary, Hollywood Film Festival ; Audience Choice Award, Heartland Film Festival

 

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Okanagan College

Saturday
3:00 pm

Student Theatre


   Bringing it Home                             53 min.            2013  

  
http://bringingithomemovie.com/press

McNabb/Connolly

Directors:  Linda Booker & Blaire Johnson


A father’s search to find the healthiest building materials leads him to the completion of the first hemp house in the US.  Hemp with lime, hempcrete, is a non-toxic, energy efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant building material. Although it is grown in 31 countries, growing hemp remains off-limits to almost all U.S. farmers.   Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive plant that provides the raw materials for thousands of sustainable products which can improve nutrition, stop deforestation and offer hope in a time of  global warming.   Bringing it Home tells the story of hemp, past, present and future, and a global industry that includes textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics, auto parts and more. Jury Award, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival; Director's' Choice Award & Best Environmental Film, Sedona International Film Festival

 

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OkanaganCollege

11:30 am
Saturday

H112


Coastal Tarsands: Journey to Deleted Islands                           78 min.            2014


www.coastaltarsands.ca
Filmmaker: Richard Boyce


Join Richard Boyce on a cinematic kayak journey to BC’s north coast where the Enbridge Corporation is determined to bring Alberta tarsands bitumen by a pipeline 1,170 km long across the Rocky and Coast Mountain Ranges to Kitimat.  The filmmaker takes us to the maze of islands and narrow passages that were deleted in the $350 million Enbridge advertising campaign video.  This is precisely where hundreds of supertankers loaded with millions of barrels of diluted bitumen will have to navigate through treacherous waters to reach Asian markets if the project proceeds.  Coastal Tarsands takes a look at the coast, its natural features, weather, currents, wildlife and the people who live there.

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Ki Low Na Friendship Centre

Friday   7:00 pm 



Connected by Coffee                70 min.            2014 

  http://connectedbycoffee.com/


Stone Hut Studios

Filmmakers: Aaron Dennis & Chelsea Bay Dennis


The film  follows two North American coffee roasters on a journey across Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua to listen to the stories of the people who grow their coffee. On the way they meet with soldiers who have become growers, powerful women who are controlling their own destinies and many small-scale farmers joining together to form cooperatives. This film serves as a starting point to educate coffee drinkers about the basics of fair trade, cooperatives, social justice, shade grown, organic, the conflict in fair trade and the new challenges of dealing with coffee rust. In the context of historical injustices of global politics and international trade, the film asks some tough questions.
 

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Okanagan College

Saturday 11:30 am 

B112



DamNation   88 min             2014

http://damnationfilm.com/

IndieCan

Directors: Travis Rummel &  Ben Knight


This powerful film odyssey across the US explores the sea change in attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has gained acceptability.  Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds after decades without access. Diverse interests are coming together to find more cost-effective options to meet power, shipping, irrigation and other needs. Restoring rivers helps to preserve tribal customs, recover fish stocks, revitalize waterfronts, improve recreational opportunities and render watersheds more resilient to climate change.  DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature. Audience Choice, South by Southwest Festival; Audience Award, Mountain Films in Telluride

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Okanagan College

Saturday
10:00 pm

Student Theatre


A Dangerous Game                    90 min.            2014 


www.adangerousgame.org


Director: Anthony Baxter

A Dangerous Game is the sequel to Baxter's award-winning documentary You’ve Been Trumped!. It is  about the environmental, cultural, historical and human costs of golf, a game that has been hijacked by the rich and  powerful. Documenting the stories of people and communities in Scotland, Croatia and the US who are standing up against developer tycoons like Donald Trump, this film clearly shows how economics, politics, human rights, and the environment intersect. A Dangerous Game showcases hope, dignity, struggle and triumph as people and communities stand up to protect themselves, their communities and the environment.

 

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Okanagan College

Saturday 3:00 pm 

H115


 Food Stamped                            62 min.            2011

http://www.foodstamped.com/
trailer: 
https://vimeo.com/31749550

Summit Pictures

Shira and Yoav Potash


Food Stamped is an informative and humourous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Shira teaches healthy cooking classes to elementary school students in low income neighbourhoods, most of whom are eligible for food stamps. In an attempt to walk a mile in their shoes, Shira and Yoav embark upon a challenge to eat on roughly one dollar per meal for a week.  Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at America’s broken food system. Jury Feature Prize, San Francisco Independent Film Festival; Best Documentary, Lighthouse International Film Festival

 

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Okanagan College

Sunday
10:00  am 

H115


Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story        74 min.            2014  
 
http://www.foodwastemovie.com/

 Peg Leg Films

Filmmakers: Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustmeyer

We all love food, so how could we possibly be throwing away nearly half of it? Filmmakers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm and retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. As Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences. Just Eat It looks at our obsession with “best before” dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this  issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. Just Eat It is equal parts education and delicious entertainment. Impact Award,Vancouver Int'l Film Festival; Emerging Director Award, Hot Docs; People's Choice, Calgary Int'l Film Festival 

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Okanagan College

Saturday 1:40 pm 

B112


Koch Brothers Exposed             60 min.            2014

http://www.bravenewfilms.org/koch2014

Brave New Films

Director: Robert Greenwald


The film tells stories about the political machinations of billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch who have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence US politicians to pass laws in line with their extreme Libertarian ideology, often with heartbreaking consequences for others.  Koch-founded groups masquerading as grassroots organizations (“astroturf groups”) have poured millions of dollars into campaigns targeting the Environmental Protection Agency. They have financial  interests in the tar sands and generously fund right wing think tanks such as the Fraser Institute and climate change deniers. Tactics include voter suppression. In spite of this, some people have fought back and defeated candidates funded by this diabolical duo.

 

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Okanagan College

Sunday

3:00 pm

Student Theatre




The Malagasy Way                       84 min.            2014  

  www.adygasy.com

Director: Lova Nantenaina

“The Chinese make everything and the Malagasy fix everything.” The people of Madagascar pride themselves on producing things out of nothing; tires transformed into shoes, oil lamps made out of light bulbs, wheelbarrows fashioned from scrap metal. You see ingenuity, not underdevelopment, in their practices. A return to a conservationist lifestyle that encourages recycling, fraternity and self-reliance makes perfect sense. Will the world pay attention? Filmmaker Nantenaina Lova venerates the family business, the clever artisan, the resourceful craftspeople and those who possess the ability to create using everyday objects. The Malagasy Way is a poetic, music-filled and proverb-packed lesson in creativity and resistance.

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Okanagan College

Sunday 11:00 am 

H115


The Man Who Stopped the Desert                                            64 min.             2010 

http://www.1080films.co.uk/project-mwsd.htm
Director: Mark Dodd

As early as the 1970s, desertification began to creep southwards in the land between the Sahara Desert and the forests of tropical Africa. By the 1980s the region suffered from regular droughts and starvation. People fled to the cities and many villages became deserted. Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer living in northern Burkina Faso, decided he would remain steadfast against the desert. By reviving and adapting an ancient farming technique known as Zai, Yacouba began to grow crops successfully on previously abandoned land. Yacouba's hardest battle was not with the elements, but with the people around him. On every side he faced opposition to his techniques. Many thought his ideas were crazy. Over time, his successes became legendary

 

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Okanagan College

Saturday
4:30 pm 

H115


Marmato        88 min.            2014   

http://www.marmatomovie.com/

Calle Films

Director: Mark Gieco


If Colombia is the focal point of the new global gold rush, then Marmato, a mining town with over 500 years of mining history, is the new frontier. Gold, estimated to be worth 20 billion dollars, is being mined in traditional ways by the locals who risk their lives daily in return for modest salaries from local businessmen.  When the Colombian government opens the mining industry to foreign investment in 2006, hopes are high for more lucrative employment. It doesn’t take long for disillusionment to set in as a Canadian company, Medoro, promptly buys up 88% of the mines in the area and initiates an allegedly “eco-friendly” open-pit mining scheme that entails mass relocation of homes and, eventually, extensive layoffs.  Filmed over six years, Marmato is a beautifully shot portrait of the lives of some of the miners who confront and defy Medoro.

 

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UBCO

Thursday
6:00 pm 

University Theater
ADM 0026


On the Side of the Road             85 min.            2014 

http://www.naretivproductions.com/


Trailer: 
https://vimeo.com/65278501
Naretiv Productions

Filmmaker: Lia Tarachansky


Tarachansky grew up in Israel's largest settlement, Ariel. When the second Intifadah broke out in 2000 her family moved to Canada where, for the first time, she met Palestinians and heard their stories. In this film, Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of the fateful events of 1948 when the state of Israel was born and hundreds of thousands of  Palestinians became refugees.  She follows the transformation of Israeli veterans as they uncover repressed memories of the war that changed the region forever. Tarachansky then turns the camera on herself and travels back to her settlement where that historical erasure gave birth to a new generation, blind and isolated from its surroundings. In 2009 the Israeli government proposed a law that forbade mourning this history. Attempting to shed a light on the country’s biggest taboo, she is met with outrage and violence.  Indie Fest Film Award; International Independent Film Award

 

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Okanagan College

Saturday
1:30 pm 

H115


Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds   88 min.            2014

http://www.opensesamemovie.com/  


Director: M Sean Kaminsky

One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. Seeds are essential to life, providing the basis for everything from fabric to food to fuels. Approximately 90 percent of the fruit and vegetable varieties that existed 100 years ago no longer exist today. Corporations are co-opting seed genetics using patent laws. Today, corporate-owned seed accounts for 82% of the world-wide market.  Many heritage grains are near extinction. Seeds that were lovingly nurtured over hundreds of years have been lost forever. Maintaining seed biodiversity allows us to breed new varieties that are resistant to pests and thrive in temperature extremes in a changing climate. Open Sesame follows the challenges and triumphs of seed activists as they work to save this precious resource.

 

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Okanagan College

Saturday
3:00 pm

Student Theatre


Reaching Blue: Finding Hope Beneath the Surface                     22 min.            2014  

http://www.reachingblue.com/

Global Reef Films

Filmmakers: Ian Hinkle and Andy Robertson


An oyster farmer, a writer and an ocean scientist share their thoughts about a coastal way of life under threat, where stories from our past give the inspiration to face the challenges of the future. Twenty-two cinematographers contribute beautiful imagery from deep-sea submarines, advanced ocean research vessels and drone cameras, to expose the changes our coastal waters face. Do we have the wisdom and resilience required to understand ocean change before time runs out?
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Okanagan College

Sunday
5:10 pm 

H115


The Revolutionary Optimists       54 min      2013     

          
http://revolutionaryoptimists.org/


Collective Eye Films

Director: Nicole Newnham & Maren Grainger-Monsen


The Revoluntionary Optimists draws us into the world of two 11-year olds with no access to clean drinking water, a girl forced to labour in a brick-making operation, and a teenage dancer on the precipice of accepting early marriage to escape from her abusive family.  Lawyer turned change-agent, Amlan Ganguly, does more than simply rescue children living in Calcutta’s slums. He empowers them to transform their own neighbourhoods and lives as they organize to get clean water, go to school, reduce malaria infections and learn to dance.

 

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Okanagan College

Sunday
10:00 am

Student Theatre


The Secret Trial 5    
84 min.       2014 

http://secrettrial5.com/

Blue Ice Docs

Director: Amar Wala


Imagine spending years in prison without being charged with a crime or knowing exactly what you're accused of.  The Secret Trial 5 is a sobering examination of the Canadian government’s use of security certificates, a Kafkaesque tool that allows for indefinite detention without charges, based on evidence not revealed to the accused or their lawyers. Over the last decade, this rare and highly controversial device has been used to detain five men for nearly 30 years combined. To date, none has been charged with a crime or seen the evidence against them. Through the experience of the detainees and their families, this timely film raises poignant questions about the impact of the “War on Terror” and the balance between security and liberty.  Best Documentary, Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival ; Top 10 Audience Award, Hot Docs


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Okanagan College

Saturday
6:30 pm

Student Theatre


Shameless Propaganda                    72 min.            2014  

https://www.nfb.ca/distribution/film/shameless_propaganda

NFB

Director: Robert Lower


This feature film examines its own genre, the documentary, which has often been called Canada's national art form. Released in the year of the NFB's 75th birthday, Shameless Propaganda is filmmaker Robert Lower's take on the boldest and most compelling propaganda effort in our history (1939-1945) in which founding NFB Commissioner John Grierson saw the documentary as a "hammer to shape society".  The films produced until 1945 by the NFB are distilled here for the essence of their message to Canadians. Using only these films and still photos from that era, Lower recreates the picture of Canada they gave us and looks for the Canada we know today. What he finds is by turns enlightening, entertaining and unexpectedly disturbing.

 

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UBCO

Thursday
3:30 pm

Admin 0026

Okanagan College

Sunday
4:00 pm 

Student Theatre


Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa  
84 min.            2013  

www.softvengeancefilm.org

Director: Abby Ginzberg


Soft Vengeance is an inspiring film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter. For his actions as a lawyer defending anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement, tortured and forced into exile. In 1988 he was blown up by a car bomb set by the South African security forces in Mozambique, which cost him his right arm and the sight of one eye.  As he was recovering, he received a note reading “Don’t worry, comrade Albie, we will avenge you.”  He wondered what kind of country it would be if it were filled with people who were blind and without arms. “If we achieve democracy, freedom and the rule of law, that will be my soft vengeance” he mused.  Following the release of Nelson Mandela, Albie helped write the new constitution and was then appointed as one of the first 11 judges to the new Constitutional Court set up to guarantee the implementation of the fundamental rights for which they had been fighting.

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Okanagan College

Saturday
10:00 am 

H115


Tribal Canoe Journey                             5 min.              2015


Carswell Productions

Filmmaker: Ed Carswell

This film captures a rare event that happened in 2014 on a warm July evening in the K'omoks Estuary, BC.  As part of the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, massive dug-out canoes arrived in the estuary and were invited ashore by Chief Rob Everson and the K'omoks First Nation.  Over the last 150 years, First Nation societies suffered many hardships and some of their traditions were outlawed. The canoe journey tradition was revived in 1986 and now sends a strong message to preserve culture, language, and our coastal waters.

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Okanagan College

Saturday
1:30 pm

B112


The Voice of the Seeds                    31 min.           2011



Director: Rodrigo Otero Heraud

Andean farmers eloquently express their feelings towards their seeds which they have been nurturing for several thousand years. They also share what they think of GMOs.  As one campesina says, “Seeds have perennial, eternal life, we sow them for food year after year but we retain some to keep life going on endlessly. GMOs seem to me like genocide...”

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Okanagan College

Sunday
4:00 pm

H115


Haida Raid 2


The land of Haida Gwaii is threatened by the building of a giant pipeline and the arrival of oil tankers. Two brothers take matters into their own hands to find a solution, and end up getting some supernatural help from Raven. See: 
http://haidagwaiicoast.ca/ for more details





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UBCO

Thursday
5:15 pm

Admin 0026

Okanagan College

Saturday
5:15 pm 
H115

Sunday 
5:10
Student Theatre 


Unrepentant      80 min.          2006

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/unrepentant-kevin-annett-canadas-genocide/

Producers: Kevin Annett and Louis Lawless
Unrepentant documents Canada's dirty secret - the planned genocide of aboriginal people in church-run Indian Residential Schools - and a clergyman's efforts to document and make public these crimes.

First-hand testimonies from residential school survivors are interwoven with Kevin Annett's own story of how he faced firing,
 de-frocking, and the loss of his family, reputation and livelihood as a result of his efforts to help survivors and bring out the truth of the residential schools.

This saga continues, as Annett continues a David and Goliath struggle to hold the government and churches of Canada accountable for crimes against humanity, and the continued theft of aboriginal land.

Unrepentant took nineteen months to film, primarily in British Columbia and Alberta, and is based on Kevin Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust. The entire film was a self-funded, grassroots effort, which is reflected in its earthy and human quality.

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Okanagan College

Sunday
1:30 pm

H112


 Quebekoisie                                       81 min         2013

http://mofilms.ca/en/boutique/quebekoisie/

 

Mélanie and Olivier decided to cycle the North Shore of Quebec, Canada, to better understand the complex relationships that exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. This quest for identity would push them to travel deep inside themselves and to faraway lands. Their encounters, both planned and spontaneous, include the surprising tale of an Innu man in search of his ancestors in Normandy, and the heart-wrenching story of the sister of Corporal Marcel Lemay, who was killed during the 1990 Oka crisis.

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Okanagan College

Sunday
11:00 am

Student Theatre


The Family Farm                         70mins        2014


http://rotatingplanet.com/films/the-family-farm/  
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/107501264

The Family Farm explores the farm to table process through the lens of Canadian small farmers and identifies the systematic barriers they face in running a profitable farm. In its journey across the country, the film blends extraordinary shots of the Canadian farm landscape with discussions of the challenges and setbacks small farmers endure, as well as the turning points and breakthroughs that have allowed them to achieve success. As these intimate accounts are shared, traditional images of family farmers are redefined as we grow to see these individuals not only as farmers, but as teachers, botanists, and mechanics who open our eyes to the issues that continue to threaten small farmers as well as the importance of buying local and organic foods

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Okanagan College

Saturday
4:30 pm 

H115



Tashi and the Monk  39mins  


http://tashiandthemonk.com/

On a remote mountaintop a brave social experiment is taking place. Buddhist Monk Lobsang was trained under the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, but 8 years ago he left behind a life as a spiritual teacher in the United States to create a unique community in the foothills of the Himalayas which rescues orphaned and neglected children. 5 year-old Tashi is the newest arrival. Wild and troubled, Tashi is struggling to find her place amongst 84 new siblings. Can the community’s love and compassion transform Tashi’s alienation and tantrums into a capacity to make her first real friend?
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Okanagan College

Sun
4:30 pm

H115


Granny Power   78mins


http://www.grannypowerthefilm.com/

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/89467996
 Granny Power is a documentary about a very original activist movement – the Raging Grannies. Spanning 10 years, the film follows several passionate, activist grandmothers and their “gaggles” as they fight for peace, social justice and the environment. The film spans the present and the past of the Raging Grannies movement: from its beginnings 25 years ago in Victoria, B.C., to its present as an international movement. The film is also a window on important issues that concern us all: our role as citizens as we grow older, the challenges of aging, the inevitability of death. Remaining active and finding a voice as elderly women, these grannies are deflating clichés about aging and proving that life can be lived to its fullest, in every way, to the end.

 

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Okanagan College

Sunday
6:30 pm 

Student Theatre


Take Back Your Power 
84 mins           2014      


http://www.takebackyourpower.net/

FILM SYNOPSIS:
Utilities around the world are racing to install “smart” utility meters, which are emerging as anything but smart. Josh del Sol’s award-winning feature documentary Take Back Your Power uncovers shocking evidence of in-home privacy invasions, increased utility bills, health & environmental harm, fires and unprecedented hacking vulnerability… and lights the path toward solutions.

With compelling insight from whistleblowers, researchers, government agents, lawyers, doctors and environmentalists, learn why hundreds of local governments are standing against the rollout of this technology. What you’ll discover will surprise, unsettle and ultimately empower you.
(Running time: 88 minutes)

AWARDS:
Winner, AwareGuide Transformational Film of the Year 2013
Winner, Indie Fest Annual Humanitarian Award 2013
Official Selection – Berkshire International Film Festival 2014

Take Back Your Power’ is a community-funded, public awareness documentary feature film which exposes the technocratic “smart” grid agenda, by which corporations are currently attempting to quietly assert the basis for further control in the lives and homes of the world’s citizens. The film will also focus on specific solutions – which are presently available – for humanity to leapfrog outdated ideas of control, and co-create a better future. 

This undemocratic global “smart” metering program is emerging as a truly massive issue with many areas of focus, such as greatly increased utility bills, decimation of privacy rights, an array of health problems from radiation, hacking vulnerability, corporate fraud, democracy vs. corporatocracy, uninsured fires/damage… and how the entire story fits in with the big picture on our planet. With this crisis comes tremendous opportunity. Human beings everywhere can come together and take back our power.


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Okanagan College

Saturday
1:30 pm 

Student Theatre

The Paddler Movie                          46 mins                     2015

  
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thepaddlermovie/the-paddler-movie

Purdy made a commitment on January 1, 2011 to hand off a healthy planet to future generations. As a major part of his promise, he has paddled every single day since, approaching 1,500 days of getting on the water. Why? Because the health of the planet—including places he loves, like the British Columbia coast—are at stake.

That journey and what hangs in the balance are the subjects of the documentary, The Paddler. The film shows the community of Tofino, B.C., one of the many that could be impacted greatly by further environmental degradation caused by the fossil fuel industry.

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Okanagan College

Saturday
11:30 am

Student Theatre


Proportional Representation Short Films

Fair Vote: http://www.fairvote.ca/resources/

Why we need PropRep 2 mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG_X285UODA&feature=player_detailpage&list=PLE0dYpVCw9bYWQIuI1pr0L-ptCk5EpWYn

 

Disproportional Representation 6mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sSd4p1jq9HE&list=PLE0dYpVCw9bYWQIuI1pr0L-ptCk5EpWYn

 

First past the pizza: 6mins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYTE3dtCLwY


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