[antiwar-van] (Tues Nov 1) SFU CounterCulture "Traversing the New World Border"

[harsha at resist.ca]

The Counter Culture Series, SFU School of Communication presents

Traversing the New World Border
Tuesday, November 1 @ SFU Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings St) 6:30-9:30
pm, Room 1900. Free public event.


Please join us for a screening of Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed film In
This World (2002) followed by a discussion on the politics of migration, 
globalisation and the "War on Terror"


MOVIE SYNOPSIS
In This World follows Afghan refugees Jamal and Enayatullah as they travel
overland to London, passing through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France. Their
journey is a distillation of the experiences of a multitude of real life
asylum seekers and migrants - courageous and resourceful people seeking a 
better life, but whose stories so often end in tragedy. Shot on digital
video, In This World is styled as a fictional documentary of hidden
histories. Featuring stunning performances by a cast of real-life actors
navigating a largely improvised script, the film points to new
possibilities for guerrilla filmmaking amidst the new world disorder.
In Pashtu and Farsi with English subtitles


SPEAKERS:

* Cecily Nicholson is the Interim Project Coordinator at the Vancouver
Status of Women and a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Research in Women's
Studies and Gender Relations. She is also currently a research consultant
with the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW).
For the past five years she has worked in various capacities with women
living and working in the Downtown Eastside Community of Vancouver. Cecily
will be speaking on "migrant bodies as borders: re/producing global
strangers"

* Harjap Grewal is an organizer with various community organizations,
including No One is Illegal. He is a student at the SFU Department of
Communications researching media democracy and medical communications. He
will be speaking on "construction of race in the media."

For more information contact fej at sfu.ca