[opirgyork] FREE FILM TODAY- REBELS WITH A CAUSE FILM FESTIVAL THIS WEEK!

[OPIRG York]

Hi Everyone,

*STARTING TODAY *- Join OPIRG York and our various community partners for
our 2nd Annual Rebels With a Cause Film Festival!
*ALL EVENTS ARE FREE and ACCESSIBLE!

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*TONIGHT is **RED RIOT | MON OCT 22 6:00–7:30 PM | NAT TAYLOR CINEMA, 102
NORTH ROSS! (Full details below)*

Plus check out the details for our ReBuilding Bridges conference below-
full conference schedule will be available by the end of this week!
As always, you can get in touch with us at OPIRG York by emailing
opirg at yorku.ca, or stop by the office at 449C Student Centre anytime! We
look forward to seeing with you!

-OPIRG York

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OPIRG York
www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
facebook.com/opirg.yorku
twitter.com/OpirgYork

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*OPIRG York Events:*
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1. Rebels With A Cause Film Festival - Oct 22-25th
2. Rebuilding Bridges Anniversary Conference - Nov. 15-18
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*1. Rebels With A Cause Film Festival*

The Rebels With A Cause Film Festival is brought to the York community by
artists and activists who seek the delicate balance between both creative
and political work. We believe that film should not pacify or be escapist,
but politicize and give us the courage to transform ourselves and our
communities. The films selected are artistic reflections on social justice
issues and critical documentations of unsung community work. Located within
a university context, Rebels engages in dialogue outside the classroom
through conversations after screenings. We hope that the communal act of
viewing and sharing our ideas about films will strengthen our community and
empower our work on York campus and beyond.

*Rebels 2nd Annual presents 5 curated programs titled Red Riot, Witness
Within, Dead Ducks, Carving Coming and Art in Action and 2 feature
screenings 5 Broken Cameras and Pariah.*

*TONIGHT: RED RIOT | MON OCT 22 6:00–7:30 PM | NAT TAYLOR CINEMA, 102 NORTH
ROSS
*http://www.facebook.com/events/424099314303954/
*Red Riot *confronts the systemic effects of patriarchy, from issues of
violence towards Aboriginal women to gender-based oppression closer to
home. Each short whilst acknowledging trauma, conveys a defiant spirit.

Co-presented with imagineNATIVE and Trans-Film Screening-Series
imagineNATIVE’s Stolen Sisters Digital Initiative

Your courage will not go unnoticed – Angela Sterritt
Snare – Lisa Jackson
When It Rains – Cara Mumford
Like It Was Yesterday – Jesse Gouchey & Xstine Cook

The Man from Venus – James Diamond
Akin – Chase Joynt
Genderlines – Amee Lê
Vigil 5.4 – Rebecca Belmore & Paul Wong
A Red Girl’s Reasoning – Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers

Total running time: 55:30

PANEL DISCUSSION

Facilitator: Audrey Huntley
Panelists: Jesse Gouchey, James Diamond, Chase Joynt, Deidre (D-Lishus)
Walton, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (via Skype)


*WITNESS WITHIN | TUE OCT 23 5:30–7:00 PM | 1152A VARI HALL*
http://www.facebook.com/events/122642217884025/
*Witness Within* examines the implications of structural imprisonment and
systemic oppression in their myriad forms. The shorts highlight the
importance of depicting acts of injustice and the community responses to
them, displaying the ability of film to make social interventions.

*5 BROKEN CAMERAS | TUE OCT 23 7:30–9:30 PM | NAT TAYLOR CINEMA, 102 NORTH
ROSS
*http://www.facebook.com/events/339458172817473/
*5 Broken Cameras* is a cinematic collaboration between Palestinian farmer
Emad Burnat and Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi. A testament to the camera as
a political weapon, the film documents Palestinian resistance to Israeli
occupation in a West Bank village.

*DEAD DUCKS | WED OCT 24 2:30–4:00 PM | NICK MIRKOPOULOUS SCREENING ROOM,
004 ACCOLADE EAST
*http://www.facebook.com/events/355178054570477/
*Dead Ducks *features the work of York film professor Brenda Longfellow
that employs a distinctively different approach from conventional film in
dealing with the environmental crisis and its serious social impact.

*PARIAH | WED OCT 24 7:00–9:00 PM | 1152A VARI HALL*
http://www.facebook.com/events/444636518912151/
*Pariah* explores a Brooklyn teenager's journey into understanding her
sexuality and confronting her family's expectations alongside her own quest
for self-realization. The film is a stunning coming of age story with
striking visuals and a vivid soundtrack that matches the boldness and
nuance of its composition.

*CARVING COMING | THU OCT 25 1:00–2:30 PM | 013 ACCOLADE EAST*
http://www.facebook.com/events/149522228525283/
*Carving Coming* consists a series of queer films that looks at the
complexity of constructing identity within multiple spaces. The shorts both
challenge and celebrate notions of being queer. Together they meditate on
inclusivity and intersectionality.

*ART IN ACTION | THU OCT 25 4:30–6:30 PM | NICK MIRKOPOULOUS SCREENING
ROOM, 004 ACCOLADE EAST*
http://www.facebook.com/events/148303878647427/
*Art in Action *depicts stories told in this city that speak to sustaining
diasporic communities, confronting profiling and stereotypes, competing
interpretations and the erasure of the past. In each short the lens filters
through how race, history and representation create the myths that surround
us.

*YOURS IN REBELLION, A CLOSING CONCERT | THU OCT 25 7:00–10:00 PM | MARTIN
LOUNGE FAMILY, 219 ACCOLADE EAST
*https://www.facebook.com/events/455769064473228/

Come and celebrate the end of the Film Festival with amazing performances,
food and drinks!

*WITH*:

Jeff Tanaka: http://basicsnews.ca/2012/09/broken-worlds-a-poem
Yusra Khogali: https://www.facebook.com/yusraspokenword
Manny Manolo: http://www.mannymanolo.com/
Lido Pimienta: http://www.kudetalosangeles.com/Lido_Pimienta.html

*Free Food
*Cash Bar

More Information:

Website - rebelsfilmfest.wordpress.com
Facebook @RebelsWithACauseFilmFestival
Twitter @RebelsFilmFest
Trailer - http://youtu.be/yYM38RM1Ig4
Full guide -
http://rebelsfilmfest.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/rebels-guide_full.pdf
Email: rebels at opirgyork.ca

On behalf of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at York, Rebels
thanks our community partners for their support and solidarity - York
Graduate Students' Association, Centre for Women and Trans People at York,
York Film Department, York United Black Students’ Alliance, Hot Docs,
imagineNATIVE, Octavia Films, Parkdale Film+Video Showcase, Regent Park
Film Festival, and Trans-Film Screening-Series.

Yours in rebellion, Rebels With A Cause & OPIRG York

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*2. Rebuilding Bridges Anniversary Conference *

ReBuilding Bridges Conference
November 15th-18th, 2012
Toronto, ON.

https://www.facebook.com/events/293407270768607/

SCHEDULE + EVENT POSTERS Coming SOON!
WORKSHOPS & PANELS: Saturday November 17th and Sunday November 18th, 10
am-5 pm

Opening Concert Event/fundraiser- Thursday, November 15th- SAVE THE DATE!
Details coming soon: https://www.facebook.com/events/425473674183054

Rebuilding Bridges is a convergence of community organizers, educators,
radicals and activists from across different social movements, intent on
engaging in conversations and discussions about our political work.

We are in a time of intense uprising, social unrest and student strikes,
but our movements remain fragmented and our campaigns mostly
one-dimensional. How have our movements lost out on valuable cross-movement
collaborations in the past? What can we learn from each other?

Though we may employ different tactics or prioritize certain issues, we all
envision and work towards dismantling a system built on exploitation,
colonialism and oppression, and building a better, more just world. Let’s
start speaking and sharing with each other!

Both the Toronto and York PIRGs will be celebrating our anniversaries
through reflecting on our history of work in this city. With a mandate for
education, action and research on social and environmental justice, OPIRG
is bridging gaps everyday between different movements and campus and
community based organizing. Rebuilding Bridges is about connecting and
reconnecting movements, sharing skills and knowledge and building people
power. We are stronger when we work together towards grassroots social
change!

Please contact us at rebuildingbridgestoronto at gmail.com, if you have any
questions about the conference, accessibility needs, childcare needs,
etc. Please
e-mail us to join the organizing committee or to volunteer with Rebuilding
Bridges.

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