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Fierce Light Opens in Canadian Cities Friday May 15

By Mark Achbar On May 14, 2009 | 0 Comments

I'm very pleased to announce that Velcrow Ripper's excellent new film "Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action" will be the first of four theatrical feature documentaries that I've helped produce to hit mainstream movie theatres. This is the best weekend to see Fierce Light if you possibly can.

-- Mark Achbar Producer/Director The Corporation, Executive Producer Fierce Light, Waterlife, Pax Americana, A Short History of Progress

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"HUGELY ENGAGING AND VISUALLY DELIGHTFUL." ~ Toronto Sun

"A POETIC CALL TO HEARTFELT ACTION." ~ Common Ground

"ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL." ~ NewCityFIlm, Chicago

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Mark Achbar is one of a wave of non-fiction feature filmmakers reaching large international audiences through mainstream theatres, TV, DVD, and the internet. He co-produced and co-directed the two most successful Canadian feature documentaries ever made: THE CORPORATION and MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA. His films popularize radical critiques, win dozens of prestigious awards, and gross millions at the box office.

FIERCE LIGHT OPENS IN CANADIAN THEATRES THIS WEEKEND!

By Katherine Dodds On May 13, 2009 | 0 Comments

Get ready! This Friday (May 15) Velcrow Ripper's award-winning film FIERCE LIGHT will open in Toronto, Montreal
and Vancouver (with other Canadian dates TBA).

Happy Mothers Day for Peace & Justice

By Katherine Dodds On May 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

Take Back Mothers Day with the spirit of peace and justice that Anna Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis Jr. intended!Check out our Feminist Heritage Minute!

One Week Until Mother's Day -- check out TakeBackTheDay Campaign

By Katherine Dodds On May 04, 2009 | 0 Comments

Inter Pares volunteers hit the streets for our Flower Power May Day action! Check out some pics from Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver!

Inter Pares' Samantha McGavin dressed as one of the "Mothers" of Mothers day.

May Day In Toronto

By Colette On May 02, 2009 | 0 Comments

Hello Cool World's Colette Gunson is in Toronto to help promote Inter Pares' Take Back The Day Mother's Day campaign and to check out the Hot Docs film festival.

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Colette joined Hello Cool World team back in 2003 and was a key organizer for The Corporation and The Take's grassroots outreach efforts across North America.

After being inspired by the organizing and awareness building potential of the internet and social issue films, she returned to school to study Communications and sharpen her skills.

Once graduating, Colette returned to Hello Cool World once again as a grassroots campaign consultant. She is now the Director of Distribution for Hello Cool World's new fair trade distribution arm.