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[OPIRG-EVENTS] One World Film Festival
> World Inter-Action Mondiale (WIAM)
> Presents:
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> The 11th Annual One World Film Festival:
> “Seeing the World Through Different Eyes”
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> October 17th, 20th, 24th and 27th, 2000
> Ottawa Public Library Main Branch,
> Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe Street (the corner of Laurier and
> Metcalfe)
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> Festival Pass for all 23 films just $20.00 or
> it is $6.00 per night. Passes and individual tickets available
> at the door only.
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> Each night of the festival we present an eclectic mix of
> films under a specific theme:
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> Tuesday October 17th -
> Gender/Identity
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> Join us in celebrating the March of Women 2000 by viewing
> films such as “Performing the Border”, an experimental video
> essay examining the
> feminization and sexualization of the global economy in the
> high-tech industry
> at its low wage end on the US-Mexican border. Other films
> explore such
> issues as the birth control pill, Arab women in North America,
> and the power of women and song
> in Native North American cultures.
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> Friday October 20th -
> Culture/Identity
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> The struggle towards the creation of Nunavut, Native Canadian
> cultural practices, Arab feminists talking about their passions
> and struggles
> against fundamentalism and western domination, and an
> experimental film on one
> family's loss in the holocaust are some of the cultural and
> identity issues
> explored in this evening's program.
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> Tuesday October 24th -
> Globalization/Privatization
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> An impressive mix of films on issues such as Genetic
> Engineered Foods, the 1999 protests against the WTO in Seattle,
> and
> privatization of forests in Northern Quebec. Also included on
> this evening is
> “Fury for the Sound: The Women at Clayoquot”, an exceptional film
> focusing
> specifically on the women who led the passionate struggle to
> prevent the
> clearcutting of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island.
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> Friday October 27th- Globalization and Human Rights
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> Seven films looking at topics as varied as life on the
> heating vent under the Laurier St. Bridge, Colombia’s military
> regime and its
> ties to the United States, the commodification of water, the
> Mi’kmaq legends of
> the powerful trickster Mi’kmwesu, and a film on the meaning of
> China’s Tiananmen
> Square Massacre and the prospects for Chinese democracy. Each of
> these
> exceptional films examines the struggle for human rights and its
> tie to both global and local
> realities.
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> For a listing of films and times, please visit our website at
> www.web.net/~wia
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> Doors open at 5:15pm and the first film starts
> at 5:30. We hope to see you there!!!
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> ________________________________________________________________________
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> World Inter-action Mondial (WIAM) is an Ottawa-based global
> education center that strives to raise local awareness about global issues
> by building an understanding of the connections between global and local
> realities. To achieve this goal, WIAM works in partnership with
> individuals and organizations to host educational and cultural events.
> These events provide a pubic forum for dialogue on diverse social justice
> issues; one such
> forum is WIAM’s Annual One World Film Festival.
>
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> WIAM can be reached at (613) 238-4659 or by email at wia@web.net
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