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Come join us on Wednesday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the last film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 5: On This Side of the World

(Spain, David Trueba, 2020)

An engineer is fired from his company just as he plans to buy a house with his girlfriend and have a child. He accepts an assignment from his former boss to travel to the city of Melilla, a Spanish enclave in north Africa and gateway to Europe.

Rated NR (In Spanish w/ English subtitles)

Nominated for a 2004 Saturn Award for Best Animated Film

Come join us on Monday, March 20 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the fourth film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 4: Zizou and the Arab Spring 

(France/Tunisia, Férid Boughedir, 2016)

The sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him to become the unwitting face of a revolution. This delightful movie will win you over with its bewitching story set against the gorgeous backdrop of a colourful Tunisia as it attempts to become the first true democracy in North Africa.

Come join us on Wednesday, March 15 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the fourth film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 4: Zizou and the Arab Spring 

(France/Tunisia, Férid Boughedir, 2016)

The sweet story of Zizou, a naive and sincere optimist whose crush on a beautiful girl leads him to become the unwitting face of a revolution. This delightful movie will win you over with its bewitching story set against the gorgeous backdrop of a colourful Tunisia as it attempts to become the first true democracy in North Africa.

Join the Department of Indigenous Studies for a viewing and discussion of this feature film directorial debut from Nyla Innuksuk (Inuk).

Slash/Back (2022)

When Maika and her ragtag friends discover an alien invasion in their tiny Arctic hamlet, it's up to them to save the day. Utilizing their makeshift weapons and horror movie knowledge, the aliens realize you don't mess with girls from Pangnirtung, Nunavut.

Rated 14A (Horror, Sci-Fi, Young Adult)

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Join the Department of Indigenous Studies for a viewing and discussion of this feature film from executive producer Taika Waititi (Māori) and writer/director/producer Danis Goulet (Cree-Métis).

Night Raiders (2021)

2043 - in a dystopian future a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are considered property of the regime which trains them to fight. A desperate Cree woman joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a state children’s academy and get her daughter back.

2021 Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner & 2021 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary 

Come join us on Monday, March 6 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the third film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 3:  Radiance

(Japan, Naomi Kawase, 2017)

At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films for the visually impaired, a transcriber comes to know a panel member who was a successful photographer who has lost much of his eyesight.  The new friendship leads to coming to terms with their lives and professions and seeing the world in new ways.

Rated NR (In Japanese w/ English subtitles)

Come join us on Wednesday, March 1 at 4:30 p.m. in room E690 for the third film in the Spring 2023 series:

Film 3:  Radiance

(Japan, Naomi Kawase, 2017)

At a firm specializing in creating audio descriptions for films for the visually impaired, a transcriber comes to know a panel member who was a successful photographer who has lost much of his eyesight.  The new friendship leads to coming to terms with their lives and professions and seeing the world in new ways.

Rated NR (In Japanese w/ English subtitles)

“ A historical film that speaks in the present.” - Aurore Engelen, Cineuropa