[Migrantjusticedocumentary] Updates on possible Cinema Politica screening

Wed Mar 11 17:33:10 PDT 2015

This is what we had on our indiegogo. do we need anything else in terms of
website content?
"Who are we & what is this project

We are a group of community organizers and media-activists in Montreal who
have been working on a video documentary project about grassroots migrant
justice struggles in Canada. At its core, our documentary is meant to serve
as a popular education tool for both people who already do migrant justice
work as well as the broader Montreal community and beyond.

Through the testimonies of migrants who have struggled or are struggling
today to remain in Canada, the documentary attempts to debunk the myth of
Canada as a welcoming multicultural country and to expose the exploitative,
colonial and imperial foundations of Canada and its immigration system. It
is also a platform for people struggling against the immigration system to
tell their stories and to highlight the ongoing resistance by migrants and
allies to undermine the racist colonial borders of the Canadian state.

Throughout the duration of this project, we have worked in collaboration
with members of many migrant justice groups such as Solidarity Across
Borders, the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization,
No One Is Illegal, the Temporary Foreign Workers Association, and people
directly affected by Canada’s unjust immigration policies. Thus, our
project has always prioritized and been shaped by the voices of Montreal’s
migrant justice community and directly affected people. We believe that
this documentary will be an invaluable resource to use within our
communities and to spread education about migrant justice struggles both
nationally and internationally as well.

Over the past year and a half, we have been consulting with local migrant
justice groups, filming marches, community events, and press conferences,
as well as conducting interviews and spending countless hours editing. Our
project is nearing its final stages but we need your help in order to
complete this project and distribute this resource around!

The Impact

Not only will this documentary be a popular education tool helping to
foster netwtworks of mutual aid and shared resistance, but it will provide
an anticolonial perspective of the immigration system in so-called
Canada, and elevate the voices of migrants who have struggled or are
directly affected today by Canadian immigration policies and programs.

The goal of this project is to share our struggles, educate our peoples and
communities, and garner popular support. As first time filmmakers, we hope
to share the skills we have learned over the past year with other radical
media-activists and community organizers."

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Nicolas Quiazua <nicolas.quiazua at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Think a screening and launch in may in time with status for all demos (SAB
> dates) makes a lot of sense.
> I can probably place the order (coordinating with Otto for money)
> I dont mind Cat and Danielle doing screenings where they are at.
> And would definitely be into having a working website by then.
> (This got into two threads but yeah would be down to use the title iof the
> film as a website name and ask SAB about hosting it)
> And yeah, think the text that Cera and I did for the Indiegogo could work
> perfectly for a start:
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> We do have a trailer. It's 3 minutes long and only in english so depending
> on what you need Boban suggestion could make more sense. Its here for
> future reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTT-8PxWEt0#t=17
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Boban Chaldovich <
> contact at bobanchaldovich.com> wrote:
>
>> Ezra would do it as a co-presentation with some other group(s) at De Seve
>> theatre.
>> We should ask SAB what date would be the best.
>> As soon as we finalize the cover, I can prepare the files for DVD making
>> company
>> and hopefully someone else can actually go and place the order.
>> I think it’s a good idea to have a website, but even an email would do,
>> to put it on the cover.
>> I suggest opening @resist.ca account with preferably something that
>> works in 3 languages.
>> Websites have to maintained and hosted somewhere. Maybe we can ask SAB to
>> use their hosting,
>> and we can just transfer / buy another domain.
>> If you give me the content, I can create a simple Wordpress website.
>> As for BluRays, unfortunately I was unable to find any software to
>> properly author Blurays, so for now we’ll have to go with DVDs only :(
>> As soon the DVD master is ready, I’ll upload it so you guys can burn
>> copies for your screenings.
>> As for the trailer, I would just use the first minute of the film, until
>> just after the title. It doesn’t reveal too much
>> but nails down the point.
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 13:59, Catherine Kendler <catherinekendler at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I think the webpage should definitely be updated within the month, it
>> would be good to be able to share it with venues/orgs who might not have
>> facebook. Am I imagining things or do we have a trailer already? Not too
>> sure about updating the webpage but I can try...
>>
>> I think permission to show the doc outside Montreal is a good idea,
>> seeing as I might be leaving Bogota as early as the end of April (if not
>> then end of May).
>>
>> As for Barna screening, my partner can mega get the word out so just let
>> me know once things are set up, and if you are looking for a venue we have
>> a friend with a bar downtown where they do lots of community events. Tell
>> me if you're interested and I'll send you the contact info.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Danielle Holyk <
>> danielle.holyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think that sounds great. then it can work with the status for all
>>> month/weeks and if it's with CP we can mobilize people that didn't
>>> come last year. and i think it would be a good official launch. we can
>>> have DVDs and it op on line too.
>>> Do we still have to find another movie to show with it for CP? and
>>> will it still be in the CP calendar even if it's "after school"? Would
>>> they host? As so as we know that I can be in touch with SAB and be
>>> clear what we'd need from them.
>>> Also like Cat I'd like to start sharing the doc in the
>>> squat/anarcho/migrant sol networks here (a screening or two... one in
>>> Valencia... see if there are festivals) between mid-end of april and
>>> then I'd like to do some other community screenings in europe. Would
>>> everyone be ok with doing pubic screenings before it's officially
>>> launched in mtl and up on line?
>>> Ideally i'd like some DVDs for the 'tour' over here but as long as i
>>> can get all 3 version outputs i can burn some just to show and then
>>> let people know where they can find it on line after.
>>> Also do we want to have a trailer and contact info (and blurb) on a
>>> web page by the time we start sharing this... so in a month? any one
>>> wanna do that... basically we have everything it's just got to go up
>>> on our website n link to fb.. maybe edit out the asking for donations
>>> from our indiegogo video if possible.
>>>
>>> So are folks fine with Cat and I doing some things before we do the CP
>>> one?
>>> Should I ask SAB a date or CP has one in mind?
>>> Also Cat, can you let me know where/who and when you'll do this as I
>>> just want to get the info to Blandine (i want her to see it and i
>>> think she could help with some promo), and you can tell me where you
>>> were thinking of doing it in Barcelona (with whom or who you wanted to
>>> invite) as I think i can do this with a few groups to have some more
>>> intimate screenings.... i'm happy to organize (help groups) do more
>>> than one.
>>>
>>> Excited
>>> danielle
>>>
>>> On 3/11/15, Catherine Kendler <catherinekendler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > All sounds good to me.
>>> >
>>> > If I'm going to do a screening in Bogota, it should be at the end of
>>> April.
>>> >
>>> > cat
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Boban Chaldovich <
>>> > contact at bobanchaldovich.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hey folx,
>>> >> I just talked to Ezra about potential CP screening.
>>> >> As the end of April students are busy with the exams,
>>> >> we were thinking it’s better if we do a screening in May, around
>>> Status
>>> >> for All! demo.
>>> >> It could be co-organized with SAB and maybe other community groups.
>>> >> We can do a bilingual version. And maybe we can launch the online
>>> version
>>> >> then.
>>> >> What do you think?
>>> >> Boban
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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