I really want to thank everyone who stopped by my table at Expozine. Your kind comments, and zine purchases mean so much to me! I had such a great weekend speaking with some amazing folks. I`m so grateful to be living in this diverse, creative and vibrant city of Montreal!
And without further ado, this week's awesome events!
Fermentation Workshop @The People's Potato
Monday, November 19th, From 3:30pm to 5:30pm
People's Potato kitchen on the 7th floor of the Hall building. 1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Learn how to make lacto-fermented green beans & sauerkraut, and take some home with you!
Space is limited. Please RSVP at: peoplespotato@gmail.com
Free childcare available with 24 min. notice: 514-848-2424 X7590
Recycled Art Show
Wednesday, November 21st to December 2
Ame-Art Galeries Mile End, 5345 Parc
Come check out some interesting recycled art at this free show!
Co-op Bookstore: AGM (Awesome) Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, November 21st, 6:30pm until 7:30pm
2150 Bishop Street - Concordia Co-op Bookstore
Join Us! For our 10th Annual General Meeting! Refreshments will be served.
SustainabiliTEA
Wednesday November 21st from 4-6pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
How many earths would we need if everyone lived like you? Take your ecofootprint (myfootprint.org) to find out, and then join Sustainable Concordia to discuss and pick one challenge to reduce your impact for two weeks.
Free local tea and vegan brownies will be served! On the run? Laptops will be available at the event to do your footprint and select your challenge, so come by!
Meditation at the Greenhouse
Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th.
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
Find a slice of serenity 13 floors up, in a room that's always warm and filled with greenery and sunshine. Beloved greenhouse intern Christina hosts weekly morning meditation sessionsChristina will provide basic instruction for beginners and newcomers, and sessions will follow a fluid and open format, incorporating some guided meditation and some music, but sticking mostly to simple, silent meditation. Tea will be served after each session. All are welcome, hope to see you there!
Nerd Out on Plants!
Thursday, November 29
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
Last workshop of the semester in our Nerd Out on Plants! series. Come out and learn about the essential components of a garden ecosystem. We'll discuss ways to keep your garden growing in harmony - through plant selection, companion plants, supporting soil life, and more. Then, we'll put our skills to work and, as a group, create a garden design for a small garden plot!
Cinema Politica McGill presents: Bananas!
Thursday, November 22nd, 6:00pm
Burnside Hall 1B36, 805 Sherbrooke Ouest
We've all had one, and as a society we consume more than apples and oranges combined. Bananas are the unlikeliest fruit to have ever captivated our taste buds. They're berries, infertile, and they're dying. Bananas! is the award winning documentary about the legal fight between Dole and Colombian Labour Unions over the use of toxic chemicals. Stop by Burnside 1B36 on November 22nd at 6pm for a screening of the documentary and a conversation of the most commonplace of fruit.
Trailer and more information can be found here: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/mcgill/bananas-0
What would socialism look like?
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm
School of Community & Public Affairs Students' Association, 2149 Mackay Street
Since the start of the economic crisis, governments around the world have been implementing a deep program of austerity. This has caused a massive backlash amongst workers and youth who have taken to the streets on a scale not seen in 40 years. Millions of people are now rejecting the capitalist system and searching a way out of the current predicament.
With this in mind, the Socialist Fightback Student Association in collaboration
with the Geography Undergraduate Students Society, the School of Community and Public Affairs Student association and La Tendance Marxiste Internationale will be hosting a discussion on what a socialist solution would look like.
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
This Quebec premiere screening is a special co-presentation with the HIV/AIDS Lecture Series Concordia. Director Jim Hubbard will be in attendance.
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from a grassroots perspective – how a small group of men and women of all races and classes, came together to change the world and save each other’s lives.
The film takes the viewer through the planning and execution of a half dozen exhilarating major actions including Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation, with a timeline of many of the other zaps and actions that forced the U.S. government and mainstream media to deal with the AIDS crisis. UNITED IN ANGER reveals the group’s complex culture – meetings, affinity groups, and approaches to civil disobedience mingle with profound grief, sexiness, and the incredible energy of ACT UP.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Conversation: Creativity in the Kitchen
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm
Nüx, 5221 De Maisonneuve West, #401
Creativity in the Kitchen: How do we share the table with food intolerances?
Delicious. Mouthwatering. Succulent. These are all words we use to describe a perfect meal, filled with flavour and enjoyment. But, for those of us faced with food intolerances, these same words are often associated with bloating, stomach pain, fatigue, nasal congestion and worse. These reactionsmay not be life threatening, but they are enough to turn eating outside our own homes into a stressful situation. Through experimentation and guidance from health practitioners, we can cut out the foods that make us sick, but what about family dinners, coffee breaks, dates, meetings and the vast host of other human interactions that often convene over food? Can we still enjoy these communal experiences and not become social pariahs? Is it possible to abide by our limited diets without compromising our emotional well-being? Over the course of this public conversation, we will reflect on our personal encounters with food and explore how we can respect both our intolerances and our human need to share food with others.
Volunteers Needed: Buy Nothing Day
Friday November 23rd from 11am-2:30pm
Vendôme metro station
Buy Nothing day is a day of boycott against excessive consumerism (Black Friday) and the negative impact that this has on the environment. The Éco-quartier NDG is planning an installation outside of Vendôme metro station to sensitize local citizens as well as distribute information and symbolic rubber bands meant to "close" your wallet. We need 5 to 10 volunteers to participate during the event itself, as well as help preparing posters beforehand.
If you can be there to help, even for an hour, please contact us!
Tel: 514-486-2717. benevoles.econdg@gmail.com
Crochet avec Pandora Hobby -November 9, 23 & December 6
Friday, November 23, 4:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
A three part series of crochet techniques ( attend 1 or many)with fibre artist Pandora Hobby aimed at getting a head start on gift making. Every second week, different projects will be highlighted.
All 3 workshops start @4/16 h with a suggested 5-7 $ donation. All materials are free for use, but hooks will be available for sale as well. Feel free to come with materials, projects, questions, enthusiasm or just your own self
Living Green: Simple Strategies for Complex Times
Friday November 23 from 1-4pm
McLennan Library Building, 1001 3415 McTavish, Room MS-74
This workshop event will teach participants about sustainability and how we can incorporate it into our lives. Learn how to adopt simple strategies for caring for the planet now and for future generations. We hope you can make it!
To register and find out more, visit http://www.mcgill.ca/conted/pace/living-green.
20th anniversary of The Film Society (free classic 35mm movie + refreshments)
Friday November 23rd, 7:30pm
J.A. deSève Cinema, 1400 deMaisonneuve W., (Guy metro)
Le Cinéclub/ The Film Society (C/FS) invites you to come celebrate our 20th anniversary with a free reception and screening of one of the all-time greatest classics ever in glorious 35mm cinemascope! Title is a surprise but we promise you won’t be disappointed (plus, it’s good to be adventurous!) Free refreshments served at intermission.
We will also unveil our new film series for 2012-2013 which begins Dec. 2nd at the newly renovated VA-114 cinema downtown at Concordia. Something fun for true movie lovers.
Please visit http://www.cineclubfilmsociety.com/
You can join us on facebook as well
NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS!
Friday, November 23, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
Café L’Artère, 7000 Avenue du Parc
Join us for an uncompromising discussion that will oppose the idea and practice of borders and nation-states, and offer a critical perspective on anti-trafficking discourses. The speakers will articulate resistance to global apartheid rooted in community organizing.
The panel will also include presentations by community organizers ROBYN MAYNARD & JAGGI SINGH. Robyn & Jaggi are co-hosts of No One Is Illegal Radio on CKUT, and active with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, Solidarity Across Borders and the Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition.
- free
- childcare available on request (please phone in advance)
- the Café is accessible to wheelchairs, but we regret that the bathrooms are not fully accessible (no large doors or bars)
- les présentations seront en anglais, avec une service de traduction chuchotée vers le français
www.qpirgconcordia.org
Take Back The Night!
Friday, November 23, 7:00pm
Norman Bethune Square, Guy Concordia Metro
Join us for a march through the streets of downtown Montreal! Oppose Gendered Violence!
Take Back The Night has become internationally known as a way to take a stand and speak out against gendered violence, especially sexual violence. We are marching for a safer community, free of harassment, sexual abuse, and assaults. We are reclaiming our right to be free of violence and to walk without fear, any time of day or night.
This year's event is being organized by the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy's Sexual Assault Centre Campaign. The march will be followed by speeches from various community organizers and a performance from the Reproductive Justice League.
People of all genders and experiences are welcome!!
**Hot chocolate will be served**
For more information: www.centre2110.org
Teach-in anticapitaliste: CAPITALISM IS THE CRISIS!
Saturday, November 24, 9:00am until 7:00pm
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, 7e étage (métro Guy-Concordia)
A full day of 101 workshops on the history and current reality of capitalism and struggles against capitalism in Quebec and globally.
9AM-10AM Breakfast and welcome
10AM-7PM Workshops
All day: Info-fair
Free breakfast, lunch and snacks. Childcare. Translation EN-FR-SP. Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
This teach-in is open to everyone who would like to learn more about an anti-capitalist approach and get involved in the movement.
The teach-in will also feature an info-fair (for zines, films, journals, educational material, bibliographies, etc.).
Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Workshops (10AM-2PM): History of Capitalism and Anti-Capitalist Struggles
- Anti-capitalism 101
- Anarchism and anti-colonialism
- Military, Prisons, and Special Laws: Hidden Fist of Capitalism
- From the Zapatista Uprising to Occupy Wall Street: Global Justice Movements in North America
- The unemployment insurance regime and the relationship between capital and labour
- Forced double displacement: economic policies, migration and labour
Workshops (3PM-7PM): Understanding and Fighting Current Capitalism in Quebec
- Understanding and fighting austerity and crisis in Montreal
- Supporting Sex Workers Rights: an anti-capitalist approach
- Gentrification, Anti-Gentrification: tips for countering developers
- Anarchists and solidarity-based technology
- Anti-colonial solidarity against Plan Nord / Plan Sud
- Legal Self-defence Against Criminalization
An initiative of CLAC (Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes)
http://clac-montreal.net/
Naughty Mechanics Bike Calender Launch!
JAI BHIM COMRADE - with director Anand Patwardhan in attendance
Saturday, November 24, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
After the 1997 police shooting of 10 unarmed Dalit (formerly known as Untouchable) protesters and bystanders in Mumbai’s slums, the community’s rage over their 2,000 years of oppression boils over. For one man, singer, poet and activist, Vilas Ghogre, it’s more than he can bear; filled with despair over the pain and grief of his people, he hangs himself. Compelled by this tragedy, award-winning activist and documentarian Anand Patwardhan focuses his keen lens on the atrocities committed against the Dalits in this magnum opus 14 years in the making, incorporating their voice through their stirring resistance music and poetry. Denied basic human rights for centuries, condemned to clean the filth of the upper caste for pennies a day, then abhorred as lesser beings, the Dalit struggle is deftly counterbalanced by intimate family portraits, moments of inspiration, perseverance and glimpses of a better future.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Body Slam Show
Saturday, November 24, 8:00pm until 9:00pm
Café l'Artère, 7000 avenue du Parc
Come join us for an evening of slam poetry, music, dance, tap and more!
Our next show is happening Saturday November 24, 2012 from 8:00-9:00 PM
FREE (Voluntary contribution accepted. No one turned away)
And without further ado, this week's awesome events!
Fermentation Workshop @The People's Potato
Monday, November 19th, From 3:30pm to 5:30pm
People's Potato kitchen on the 7th floor of the Hall building. 1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Learn how to make lacto-fermented green beans & sauerkraut, and take some home with you!
Space is limited. Please RSVP at: peoplespotato@gmail.com
Free childcare available with 24 min. notice: 514-848-2424 X7590
Recycled Art Show
Wednesday, November 21st to December 2
Ame-Art Galeries Mile End, 5345 Parc
Come check out some interesting recycled art at this free show!
Co-op Bookstore: AGM (Awesome) Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, November 21st, 6:30pm until 7:30pm
2150 Bishop Street - Concordia Co-op Bookstore
Join Us! For our 10th Annual General Meeting! Refreshments will be served.
SustainabiliTEA
Wednesday November 21st from 4-6pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
How many earths would we need if everyone lived like you? Take your ecofootprint (myfootprint.org) to find out, and then join Sustainable Concordia to discuss and pick one challenge to reduce your impact for two weeks.
Free local tea and vegan brownies will be served! On the run? Laptops will be available at the event to do your footprint and select your challenge, so come by!
Meditation at the Greenhouse
Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th.
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
Find a slice of serenity 13 floors up, in a room that's always warm and filled with greenery and sunshine. Beloved greenhouse intern Christina hosts weekly morning meditation sessionsChristina will provide basic instruction for beginners and newcomers, and sessions will follow a fluid and open format, incorporating some guided meditation and some music, but sticking mostly to simple, silent meditation. Tea will be served after each session. All are welcome, hope to see you there!
Nerd Out on Plants!
Thursday, November 29
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor, Concordia downtown campus
Last workshop of the semester in our Nerd Out on Plants! series. Come out and learn about the essential components of a garden ecosystem. We'll discuss ways to keep your garden growing in harmony - through plant selection, companion plants, supporting soil life, and more. Then, we'll put our skills to work and, as a group, create a garden design for a small garden plot!
Cinema Politica McGill presents: Bananas!
Thursday, November 22nd, 6:00pm
Burnside Hall 1B36, 805 Sherbrooke Ouest
We've all had one, and as a society we consume more than apples and oranges combined. Bananas are the unlikeliest fruit to have ever captivated our taste buds. They're berries, infertile, and they're dying. Bananas! is the award winning documentary about the legal fight between Dole and Colombian Labour Unions over the use of toxic chemicals. Stop by Burnside 1B36 on November 22nd at 6pm for a screening of the documentary and a conversation of the most commonplace of fruit.
Trailer and more information can be found here: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/mcgill/bananas-0
What would socialism look like?
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm
School of Community & Public Affairs Students' Association, 2149 Mackay Street
Since the start of the economic crisis, governments around the world have been implementing a deep program of austerity. This has caused a massive backlash amongst workers and youth who have taken to the streets on a scale not seen in 40 years. Millions of people are now rejecting the capitalist system and searching a way out of the current predicament.
With this in mind, the Socialist Fightback Student Association in collaboration
with the Geography Undergraduate Students Society, the School of Community and Public Affairs Student association and La Tendance Marxiste Internationale will be hosting a discussion on what a socialist solution would look like.
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
This Quebec premiere screening is a special co-presentation with the HIV/AIDS Lecture Series Concordia. Director Jim Hubbard will be in attendance.
UNITED IN ANGER: A HISTORY OF ACT UP is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from a grassroots perspective – how a small group of men and women of all races and classes, came together to change the world and save each other’s lives.
The film takes the viewer through the planning and execution of a half dozen exhilarating major actions including Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation, with a timeline of many of the other zaps and actions that forced the U.S. government and mainstream media to deal with the AIDS crisis. UNITED IN ANGER reveals the group’s complex culture – meetings, affinity groups, and approaches to civil disobedience mingle with profound grief, sexiness, and the incredible energy of ACT UP.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Conversation: Creativity in the Kitchen
Thursday, November 22nd, 7:00pm
Nüx, 5221 De Maisonneuve West, #401
Creativity in the Kitchen: How do we share the table with food intolerances?
Delicious. Mouthwatering. Succulent. These are all words we use to describe a perfect meal, filled with flavour and enjoyment. But, for those of us faced with food intolerances, these same words are often associated with bloating, stomach pain, fatigue, nasal congestion and worse. These reactionsmay not be life threatening, but they are enough to turn eating outside our own homes into a stressful situation. Through experimentation and guidance from health practitioners, we can cut out the foods that make us sick, but what about family dinners, coffee breaks, dates, meetings and the vast host of other human interactions that often convene over food? Can we still enjoy these communal experiences and not become social pariahs? Is it possible to abide by our limited diets without compromising our emotional well-being? Over the course of this public conversation, we will reflect on our personal encounters with food and explore how we can respect both our intolerances and our human need to share food with others.
Volunteers Needed: Buy Nothing Day
Friday November 23rd from 11am-2:30pm
Vendôme metro station
Buy Nothing day is a day of boycott against excessive consumerism (Black Friday) and the negative impact that this has on the environment. The Éco-quartier NDG is planning an installation outside of Vendôme metro station to sensitize local citizens as well as distribute information and symbolic rubber bands meant to "close" your wallet. We need 5 to 10 volunteers to participate during the event itself, as well as help preparing posters beforehand.
If you can be there to help, even for an hour, please contact us!
Tel: 514-486-2717. benevoles.econdg@gmail.com
Crochet avec Pandora Hobby -November 9, 23 & December 6
Friday, November 23, 4:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
A three part series of crochet techniques ( attend 1 or many)with fibre artist Pandora Hobby aimed at getting a head start on gift making. Every second week, different projects will be highlighted.
All 3 workshops start @4/16 h with a suggested 5-7 $ donation. All materials are free for use, but hooks will be available for sale as well. Feel free to come with materials, projects, questions, enthusiasm or just your own self
Living Green: Simple Strategies for Complex Times
Friday November 23 from 1-4pm
McLennan Library Building, 1001 3415 McTavish, Room MS-74
This workshop event will teach participants about sustainability and how we can incorporate it into our lives. Learn how to adopt simple strategies for caring for the planet now and for future generations. We hope you can make it!
To register and find out more, visit http://www.mcgill.ca/conted/pace/living-green.
20th anniversary of The Film Society (free classic 35mm movie + refreshments)
Friday November 23rd, 7:30pm
J.A. deSève Cinema, 1400 deMaisonneuve W., (Guy metro)
Le Cinéclub/ The Film Society (C/FS) invites you to come celebrate our 20th anniversary with a free reception and screening of one of the all-time greatest classics ever in glorious 35mm cinemascope! Title is a surprise but we promise you won’t be disappointed (plus, it’s good to be adventurous!) Free refreshments served at intermission.
We will also unveil our new film series for 2012-2013 which begins Dec. 2nd at the newly renovated VA-114 cinema downtown at Concordia. Something fun for true movie lovers.
Please visit http://www.cineclubfilmsociety.com/
You can join us on facebook as well
NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS!
Friday, November 23, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
Café L’Artère, 7000 Avenue du Parc
Join us for an uncompromising discussion that will oppose the idea and practice of borders and nation-states, and offer a critical perspective on anti-trafficking discourses. The speakers will articulate resistance to global apartheid rooted in community organizing.
The panel will also include presentations by community organizers ROBYN MAYNARD & JAGGI SINGH. Robyn & Jaggi are co-hosts of No One Is Illegal Radio on CKUT, and active with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, Solidarity Across Borders and the Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition.
- free
- childcare available on request (please phone in advance)
- the Café is accessible to wheelchairs, but we regret that the bathrooms are not fully accessible (no large doors or bars)
- les présentations seront en anglais, avec une service de traduction chuchotée vers le français
www.qpirgconcordia.org
Take Back The Night!
Friday, November 23, 7:00pm
Norman Bethune Square, Guy Concordia Metro
Join us for a march through the streets of downtown Montreal! Oppose Gendered Violence!
Take Back The Night has become internationally known as a way to take a stand and speak out against gendered violence, especially sexual violence. We are marching for a safer community, free of harassment, sexual abuse, and assaults. We are reclaiming our right to be free of violence and to walk without fear, any time of day or night.
This year's event is being organized by the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy's Sexual Assault Centre Campaign. The march will be followed by speeches from various community organizers and a performance from the Reproductive Justice League.
People of all genders and experiences are welcome!!
**Hot chocolate will be served**
For more information: www.centre2110.org
Teach-in anticapitaliste: CAPITALISM IS THE CRISIS!
Saturday, November 24, 9:00am until 7:00pm
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, 7e étage (métro Guy-Concordia)
A full day of 101 workshops on the history and current reality of capitalism and struggles against capitalism in Quebec and globally.
9AM-10AM Breakfast and welcome
10AM-7PM Workshops
All day: Info-fair
Free breakfast, lunch and snacks. Childcare. Translation EN-FR-SP. Fully accessible to wheelchairs.
This teach-in is open to everyone who would like to learn more about an anti-capitalist approach and get involved in the movement.
The teach-in will also feature an info-fair (for zines, films, journals, educational material, bibliographies, etc.).
Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Workshops (10AM-2PM): History of Capitalism and Anti-Capitalist Struggles
- Anti-capitalism 101
- Anarchism and anti-colonialism
- Military, Prisons, and Special Laws: Hidden Fist of Capitalism
- From the Zapatista Uprising to Occupy Wall Street: Global Justice Movements in North America
- The unemployment insurance regime and the relationship between capital and labour
- Forced double displacement: economic policies, migration and labour
Workshops (3PM-7PM): Understanding and Fighting Current Capitalism in Quebec
- Understanding and fighting austerity and crisis in Montreal
- Supporting Sex Workers Rights: an anti-capitalist approach
- Gentrification, Anti-Gentrification: tips for countering developers
- Anarchists and solidarity-based technology
- Anti-colonial solidarity against Plan Nord / Plan Sud
- Legal Self-defence Against Criminalization
An initiative of CLAC (Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes)
http://clac-montreal.net/
Naughty Mechanics Bike Calender Launch!
November 24th 2012, 21h
4164 Parthenais, coin Rachel, Montréal, app 2Yes it’s back! Back again! That’s right, the one and only Mechanics Calendar. Edition 2013 will blow your mind and rock your world, one month at a time! In order to celebrate the event, you are invited to the best launch party in town. Come get your calendar signed, meet the models, have a drink with them! And celebrate bikes and bodies in all their awesomeness! All proceeds of the bar will go toward the calendar – but you can always byob if you'd prefer. Invite friends, the more the merrier!
The mechanics calendar is a project put together by the people of the community bike shops of Montréal. Who have offered up their bodies for a cause, for an ideal, for the greater good, for you!
The calendar serves as a fund/awareness raiser for the community bike shops of Montréal. With the majority of the funds going to new bike shop projects.
http://www.facebook.com/The calendar serves as a fund/awareness raiser for the community bike shops of Montréal. With the majority of the funds going to new bike shop projects.
JAI BHIM COMRADE - with director Anand Patwardhan in attendance
Saturday, November 24, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
After the 1997 police shooting of 10 unarmed Dalit (formerly known as Untouchable) protesters and bystanders in Mumbai’s slums, the community’s rage over their 2,000 years of oppression boils over. For one man, singer, poet and activist, Vilas Ghogre, it’s more than he can bear; filled with despair over the pain and grief of his people, he hangs himself. Compelled by this tragedy, award-winning activist and documentarian Anand Patwardhan focuses his keen lens on the atrocities committed against the Dalits in this magnum opus 14 years in the making, incorporating their voice through their stirring resistance music and poetry. Denied basic human rights for centuries, condemned to clean the filth of the upper caste for pennies a day, then abhorred as lesser beings, the Dalit struggle is deftly counterbalanced by intimate family portraits, moments of inspiration, perseverance and glimpses of a better future.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Body Slam Show
Saturday, November 24, 8:00pm until 9:00pm
Café l'Artère, 7000 avenue du Parc
Come join us for an evening of slam poetry, music, dance, tap and more!
Our next show is happening Saturday November 24, 2012 from 8:00-9:00 PM
FREE (Voluntary contribution accepted. No one turned away)