[Indigsol] June 19 films - Indigenous Resistance & Solidarity

Thu Jun 5 02:34:07 PDT 2014

In the leadup to National Aboriginal Day (June 21),
we're happy to invite you to our exciting upcoming film night:

*Indigenous Resistance and SolidarityAgainst Pipelines, For The Land*

*Thursday June 19th, 6:30pm*
at the Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank St
Ottawa (unceded Algonquin territory)

*Event link:*
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/june-19-indigenous-resistance/

This event will feature four short films:

   - The new half-hour documentary being released this month about the
   Unist'ot'en camp out in BC, that is blocking the construction of a number
   of pipelines and reasserting their Indigenous sovereignty.
   - A shorter film from 2013 that highlights cross-Canada Indigenous
   resistance to tar sands pipelines.
   - Video reporting of the police repression of anti-fracking protests in
   Elsipogtog last fall.
   - An interview about anti-oppression, decolonization and responsible
   allyship from the 2012 PowerShift Canada climate justice conference.

*(please scroll down for full film titles / descriptions / preview links)*

We will also have speakers to profile local efforts and opportunities to
get more involved.

We hope you're excited too!

Here's how you can to help support this event:

   - Mark your calendar and ask someone if they'd like to come with you
   - If you're on Facebook, invite 10 (or so) friends to the event
   https://www.facebook.com/events/280660882104889
   - If you've got somewhere to put it, print out a poster (or 10)
   https://ipsmo.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/june19_poster85x11.pdf
   - Please forward this email on to 10 of your contacts

This event is hosted by us, IPSMO: Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement
Ottawa, in partnership with Ecology Ottawa, the Peoples Social Forum, and
CPAWS - Ottawa Valley chapter (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society).

There is a suggested donation of $5 - $15 at the door, as it is a
fundraiser (but no one will be turned away for lack of funds). Monies
raised will go to the Unist'ot'en camp as well as to the various
filmmakers' projects, and to Indigenous and solidarity participation in the
Peoples Social Forum this August in Ottawa.

Hope to see you there!

Accessibility Notes:

   - The Mayfair Theatre has side entrances that are wheelchair accessible.
   The washrooms are not, but Shoppers Drug Mart (located next door) does have
   accessible washrooms.
   - Please refrain from wearing perfumes, colognes or other scented
   products
   - Please contact us if you require bus tickets

Contact: ipsmo at riseup.net – http://www.ipsmo.org

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*Films / descriptions / preview links:*

*RESIST: The Unist'ot'en's Call to the Land* (2014, 30min)
... is a documentary film that visits the fourth annual Environmental
Action Camp, hosted on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory by the
Unist’ot’en(C'ihlts'ehkhyu/Big Frog) clan. By re-instituting a Free, Prior,
and Informed Consent Protocol on the bridge over Wedzin Kwah into their
traditional territories, the Unist'ot'en are reasserting their indigenous
sovereignty and standing up to industry and government who want to destroy
their lands  The focus of the film includes the exploration of the
environmental, legal, and social issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing,
tar sands, and the proposed Kinder-Morgan, Pacific Trails Pipeline, and
Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline projects in British Columbia. The film's
themes also include indigenous sovereignty and decolonization, as well as
documenting one of the most important resistance camps in North America and
the movement it is a part of.
http://vimeo.com/74788986

*Kahsatstenhsera: Indigenous Resistance to Tar Sands Pipelines* (2013,
10min)
Kahsatstenhsera *gah-sad-sdanh-se-ra* is a Kanienkeha:ka (Mohawk) word that
means Strength in Unity. This short documentary details contemporary
Indigenous resistance to tar sands pipeline expansion, in particular the
Line 9 and Energy East pipelines, which threaten the health of our
territories in the northeast of Turtle Island. It includes the voices and
perspectives of Dene, Wolastiqiyik, Mi’kmaq, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and
Wet’suwet’en land defenders.
http://reclaimturtleisland.com/videos/

*Showdown at Highway 134* (2013, 5min)
With some of the only video from behind police lines, subMedia.tv witnessed
the brutal raid by the Royal Colonial Mounted Police on the Mi’kmaq
blockade of fracking equipment. But the fierce response of the community in
defense of the warriors was also captured on camera. We bring you the real
story about what really went down on Highway 134, the story that the
corporate media doesn’t want you to see.
http://www.submedia.tv/showdown-at-highway-134/

*Harsha Walia on Anti-Oppression, Decolonization and Responsible Allyship*
(2012, 10min)
"Given the devastating cultural, spiritual, economic, linguistic and
political impacts of colonialism on Indigenous people in Canada, any
serious attempt by non-natives at allying with Indigenous struggles must
entail solidarity in the fight against colonization." Recorded at the
PowerShift Canada 2012 conference in Ottawa, unceded Algonquin territory.
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/harsha-walia-video-interview/

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