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April
18, 2007 |
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BEFORE
THE MUSIC DIES tells the story of American music at this precarious
moment. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country,
hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive,
and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation.
Hosted by Spoken Word Artist Anthony Bansfield |
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| February
18, 2007 |
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All
About Darfur is the contemplative journey of Filmmaker, Taghreed
Elsanhouri, to the land of her birth at a time of crisis. The film offers
a unique opportunity to hear and see Sudanese people articulating in their
own words how they feel about the Darfur crisis. |
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| December
2, 2006 |
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AIDS
screening
I promise
Africa- short, Love
for a Longer Life - a documentary about the challenges facing countries
like Nepal in confronting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And Condoms,
Fish and Circus Tricks - Shot in Malawi , South Africa , and Zambia
, the film takes an intimate look at why AIDS has had such a devastating
impact on African society. |
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| September
17, 2006 |
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Media
that Matters Festival brings you 16 inspiring films by youth
and independent filmmakers committed to changing the world, in 8 minutes
or less. |
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| February
12, 2006 |
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Yesterday
in Rwanda tells the powerful story of Claire Wihogora, a Rwandan genocide
survivor now living in Canada. As Claire recalls the genocide, interwoven
images of Toronto and Rwanda reveal the texture of memory and one woman's
daily struggle to live with yesterday. Dir. Davina Pardo (14 Minutes) |
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Sometimes
in April is the story of two Hutu brothers - one in the military,
one a radio personality - whose lives are forever changed by the genocide.
The drama is set in two periods, April 1994 and April 2004. Written and
directed by Raoul Peck (Lumumba),
the movie is the first large-scale film about the 100 days of the 1994
Rwandan genocide shot in Rwanda. |
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| September
11, 2005 |
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Cheating
Death is an intimate character study of a man struggling to break
free of the street. For ten years, Gyasi Ferdinand was known as J9. He
was a crack dealer in Regent Park, one of Toronto's roughest neighbourhoods,
and he always carried a 9mm. Then he got shot. The shooting led to a profound
spiritual experience. For Gyasi to live, J9 has to die. (25 minutes) |
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In
4Real Kenya viewers travel to Kenya with Somalian refugee, poet
and MC, K'naan- The Dusty Foot Philosopher. The film follows K'naan on
his first trip back to Africa to film his first music video Soobax, since
he escaped the war in Somalia in 1991. While filming the video the crew
meet local activist Salim Mohammed. Salim takes them to Kibera (the largest
slum in East Africa).(24 minutes) |
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Video
Letters follows three girls who's father has been in prison for
the past ten years. The film is a result of a mentoring project started
in 2004 on Pine Ridge Reservation called Maza Tiopa (Iron Door). The goal
of the project is to build a bridge between children and a parent who
has been incarcerated. (30 minutes) |
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| February
20, 2005 |
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Eden's
Wake a story of betrayal, HIV and the struggle for personal redemption.
Nigel's Fingerprint is a story about a biracial boy whose
father finds him trying to wash away the colour of his skin. Change
From Within is the story of Jamaica's St.Peter’s Claver
Primary School and proncipal Margarget Bolt who overcame several social
problems to bring hope to both the students and the community. |
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