films - Sicko, Climate, Justice, Cycling

[angela bischoff]

Sicko - free screening

On Monday, October 15th at 6:30 there will be a FREE community screening
of Michael Moore's latest documentary 'Sicko' at the Revue Cinema on
Roncesvalles.

The film begins at 6:30 pm and will be followed by a Q & A with Peggy
Nash, NDP MP and Doris Grinspun, Executive Director of the Registered
Nurses Association of Ontario.

For more info, call Kara 416 769 5072
www.peggynash.ca

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FILM -- Climate Change and Social Justice

What's Climate Change got to do with Social Justice?

You're invited to come to the party room in my building and see
John Riddell's video, Climate Change and Social Justice.  Discussion
follows this 70-minute video, which features Ralph Nader (on video,
not in person). You may but don't have to bring snacks you want to
share (or have for yourself), and we're providing some as well. If
you can, stay and help clean up (so I get my deposit back).

WHEN:  7:30 PM, TUESDAY October 16, 2007.  It's free, of course,
with no donations requested

WHERE:  30 Gloucester Street, Toronto  416 961 5990 for info.

HOW TO GET TO THE BUILDING:  2 blocks north of the Wellesley Subway
station, ? block east of Yonge; or 4 blocks south of  Bloor St

HOW TO GET IN:  Please enter through the lobby. Key in the # sign
followed by 333.  We'll answer the phone from the Party Room  and
buzz you in.  Once in the lobby, turn right, then left around the
elevators.  Go out the back door and into the building across the
sidewalk.

Please note this is a private residential building, so there should
be no noise in the lobby.

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FILM Series Oct 18 ˆ Nov 8, Socialist Action's Rebel Films ˆ
Toronto

Socialist Action's Rebel Films Series continues ?

Thursday, October 18 - 7 p.m. Ernest Mandel, A life for the
revolution, 90 minutes, 2005 - A documentary film by Chris Den Hond
about the renown Marxist economist and leader of the Fourth
International, covering 60 years of struggles from the Civil War in
Spain to the fall of the Berlin Wall, with segments on Algeria, Che
Guevara, Vietnam, the 1961 Belgian general strike, May 68, Portugal,
Chile, feminism, ecology, workers' control, the Sandinistas, and more.

Thursday, October 25 - 7 p.m. Why is Canada at war in Afghanistan?
What Afghans say. 30 minutes, 2007 - A new video based on the travels
across Afghanistan this summer by Mike Skinner and Hamayon Rastgar,
who will speak and answer questions about their experiences.

Thursday, November 1 - 7 p.m.  The Red Dance, 58 minutes, 2003,
Colombia.  A speaker on the dire human rights situation and the U.S.
military intervention in Colombia will be present for questions and
discussion.

Thursday, November 8 - 7 p.m.  Threadbare, 40 minutes, 2007,
Canada.  Director Arshad Khan will be present to discuss his new film
and the so-called war on domestic terrorism.

         Each of the films in this series will be preceded by a brief
introduction, and will be followed by a commentary, and an open floor
discussion period.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212
at the St. George Subway Station.  Everyone welcome. $2 donation
requested.
Please visit the SA web site at:  www.socialistaction.org/ca.htm or
call 416 - 535-8779.

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THE ENVIRONMENTALIST CYCLIST
Is the bicycle just a means of transport or an
expression of environmental consciousness?

Toronto, ON, October 9, 2007 - Cyclists unite at
the 2007 Planet In Focus film festival taking place from October 24-28.

In You Never Bike Alone a growing grassroots
movement that protests, barters and re-imagines a
more bike-friendly world brings communities
together to promote a healthier and more
sustainable environment. Drawing on a decade of
footage, it captures the fun, the road rage, and
the camaraderie of riding a bike en masse in Vancouver.

You Never Bike Alone is produced, written,
directed and edited by journalist Robert Alstead
for <http://ICYCLE.CA>ICYCLE.CA Productions. A long-time cyclist,
he has worked on numerous short films and
documentary projects. In You Never Bike Alone he
weaves together his own footage and that of
bicycle activists shot over the course of the
last decade. The film will premiere at the 2007
Planet In Focus (PIF) International on October
26, 2007 at 9:30 pm at Innis Town Hall.

-40 Degrees Celcius features in the Spotlight
Program: Polar Visions, and follows the morning
commute of an on-call school teacher, played by
director Paul Davis, as he rides his bike through
the woods in Yukon Territory and across the
Alaska highway on route to a tiny classroom. Paul
Davis is a consummate storyteller who has just
recently arrived on the French Canadian TV market
with films on Radio Canada's Ça Vaut le Detour
and the Tromso International film Festival. A
Bilingual cinéaste, writer, and actor, Davis also
does his own stunts, -40C is his first film. The
director will be present at the screening.

The short cold front will sweep across the 2007
PIF International Environmental Film & Video
Festival with the screening of Canadian short
form film -40 Degrees Celcius at Innis Town Hall on October 26 at 9:30 pm.

Planet in Focus is Canada's most acclaimed
international environmental film and video
festival, and runs from October 24-28. This
year's Spotlight Program is Polar Visions to
coincide with the 2007 International Polar Year.

Visit <http://www.planetinfocus.org>www.planetinfocus.org for festival
schedules and media accreditation information

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For more information contact:

Andrew Male - Publicist - Planet In Focus
International Environmental Film & Video Festival
Cell: 416-880-2757, Tel:  416-531-1769, Fax:  416-531-8985
Email:  <mailto:publicity at planetinfocus.org>publicity at planetinfocus.org


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