[van-announce] Indigenous Solidarity Event: A Colour Connected Film Series (UBC)

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Indigenous Solidarity Event: A Colour Connected Film Series.


In solidarity with Defenders of the Land, a cross-Canada network of
First Nations group fighting for Indigenous rights, Colour Connected
marks the week of October 25 to 31 as Indigenous Sovereignty Week.
Like-minded groups across Canada are holding educational events on
Indigenous Rights and Indigenous struggles. The goal is to build local
relationships between groups and individuals; disseminate ideas of
Indigenism; and build a cross-Canada movement for Indigenous rights,
self-determination, and justice that is led by Indigenous communities
but with a broad base of informed support.

Our mandate at Colour Connected Against Racism is to address issues of
racialisaton and colonialisation. As a result, we feel compelled to
respond to this call, because there is much our struggles have in
common with those of our Indigenous brothers and sisters: histories of
brutal colonial violence, the theft of native lands, the casting of
non-Western cultures as backwards, the forced displacement due to the
climate chaos brought on by Western "progress", the pillaging of
native resources, and a long history of tenacious resistance to
colonial aggression.

Please join Colour Connected as we celebrate Indigenous Sovereignty
Week with an engaging and compelling series of films that will speak
to many of these issues.


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Thursday October 29th, 2009
12:30-2:00pm
Norm Theatre
UBC Student Union Building,
6138 Student Union Boulevard.
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**The Mystery of  Chaco Canyon**

This documentary investigates the colossal prehistoric remains at
Chaco Canyon and highlights the advanced and complex astronomical
knowledge of the people behind the constructions at the site. The film
challenges the notion that Chaco Canyon was primarily a trade and
redistribution center. Rather it argues that it was a center of
astronomy and cosmology and that a primary purpose for the
construction of the elaborate Chacoan buildings and certain roads was
to express astronomical interests and to be integral parts of a
celestial patterning. Directed by Anna Sofaer, produced by The
Solstice Project, & narrated by Robert Redford

[This event is organized in conjunction with the UBC Social Justice
Centre and Cinema Politica. Their other upcoming screenings can be
found here; http://www.cinemapolitica.org/]


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Friday October 30th, 2009
11:30am-3:30pm
Conversation Pit
UBC Student Union Building,
6138 Student Union Boulevard.
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**Finding Dawn**

Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh presents a compelling
documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy: the murders
and disappearances of an estimated 500 Aboriginal women in Canada over
the past 30 years. This is a journey into the dark heart of Native
women's experience in Canada. From Vancouver's Skid Row to the Highway
of Tears in northern British Columbia to Saskatoon, this film honours
those who have passed and uncovers reasons for hope. Finding Dawn
illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that
contribute to the epidemic of violence against Native women in this
country.. Written and directed by Welsh and produced by Svend-Erik
Eriksen.


**Kanehsatake - 270 Years of Resistance**

In this documentary about the Oka crisis of 1990, renowned director
Alanis Obomsawin places the conflict within the larger context of age
old Mohawk struggles for land rights. The barricades might have come
down, but the issues have not gone away.




Organized by UBC Colour Connected Against Racism.

Colour Connected Against Racism is an AMS resource group that provides
support and information to students who feel alienated and
disempowered due to discrimination. We organize events on various
issues pertaining to ‘Peoples of Colour’, and lobby the University and
other institutions to implement necessary changes.

We also address issues of sexism, homophobia, poverty, domestic and
global exploitation and other social injustices. Our centre is filled
with resources where students can learn about their history, and share
their experiences in a supportive and positive environment.

We also organize and hold socials which we’re infamous for. We’re
always looking for new members and energetic people to be part of the
group, the executive, and have fun in an supportive, safe space. For
more information, email cconnect at club.ams.ubc.ca or call 604-264-8954

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