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Saturday Celebration
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Films and Discussion
| What | Social Event |
|---|---|
| When |
2006-11-04 from 13:00 to 18:00 |
| Where | The Cinematheque, 100 Arthur St. |
| Contact Name | Mark Jenkins |
| Contact Email | mark@parit.ca |
| Contact Phone | 772-5158 |
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An afternoon and early evening of films and lively discussion. VideoPool Screening Room 3rd floor, 100 Arthur Street (in the Art Space Building). Saturday, November 4, 2pm-6pm.
- Elephants Dream
the worlds first open source movie Steal This Film
This short film details the extraordinary lengths the Movie and Record Industries will go to shut down free speech to protect thier straglhold on profitting off of culture. The MPAA lobby in the US successfully made the US government pressure Sweden to violate Sweden's own laws by raiding the server hosting company of PirateBay.com.Theatre Activism: An Overview of Theatre of the Oppressed
In this workshop we will explore the power of theatre to create dialogue on social issues and inspire thought towards change. We will take a closer look at the principles of The Theatre of the Oppressed created by Brazilian visionary, Augusto Boal with an emphasis on Forum and Invisible theatre. Participants will be equipped to develop themes, characters and short scenarios to be put into practice outside of the workshop space.- Copyrights and Copywrongs: Payola Paternalism
general discussion on the ways in which old massive culture industries are able to manipulate debate while pretending to be advocating for artists and cultural "producers" and the ways in which public debate is held hostage to narrow self serving media conglomerates.
$2 suggested donation
