[Migrantjusticedocumentary] Updates on possible Cinema Politica screening

Thu Mar 12 10:03:15 PDT 2015

 i can do that. will have an answer if not tomorrow, by monday

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Boban Chaldovich <
contact at bobanchaldovich.com> wrote:

> Hey Nico,
> can you ask SAB what’s their hosting situation and will they be willing to
> have us host movie website.
> And if they can buy 3 domains (intheshadowofborders.ca,
> danslombredesfrontieres.ca and enlasombradelacerca.ca)
> and we’ll reimburse them or something. Then we should build wordpress
> sites and get all the content ready by screening in May.
> What do you think?
>
> On Mar 11, 2015, at 23:53, Nicolas Quiazua <nicolas.quiazua at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Sure, adding a get involved section Sounds good to me. I can send you that
> tomorrow unless you just gonna copy paste it fr credits.
>
> Would you be able to translate these blurbs cat or should we ask help from
> folks outside our group?
>
> Le mercredi 11 mars 2015, Boban Chaldovich <contact at bobanchaldovich.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> I would say we add *Get Involved* page with little info and links to
>> different orgs,
>> mainly those placed in the outro credits.
>> I kinda like and propose the idea of creating 3 websites, each with
>> content and name in one language, like SAB’s.
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 20:33, Nicolas Quiazua <nicolas.quiazua at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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: Migrant Justice Documentary trailer
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTT-8PxWEt0#t=17>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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