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Tonight's the NIGHT! The Corporation re-launch
By Katherine DoddsTHE CORPORATION 10th ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER SCREENING - It all goes down starting at 6pm TONIGHT. Tickets at Eventbrite. Please share! On Facebook. Twitter.
We thank Sundance Ceremonial Chief Rueben George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation who has agreed to join us to give us a Coast Salish welcome, and say a few words of introduction to the film.
If you plan to buy tickets at the door, it's cash donation only, and come early to guarantee a space! (no one turned away, until we run out of seats!)
If you are not in Vancouver - our crowdfunding campaign on dana.io JUST LAUNCHED!
From the program:
Ten years ago, The Corporation, a feature length documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan (with a companion book by Bakan), was a Canadian box office success story, international hit and best-seller. The film stunned audiences around the world with its revelations of an out-of-control business model that mandates the pathological pursuit of profit without regard for anything, or anyone, else.
We hope you enjoy tonight’s public premiere of a new shorter cut of the film. This evening also marks the launch of our crowd funding efforts to get the film free to 1000 schools.
We acknowledge that this event is taking place on unceded Coast Salish Territory – part of the traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are honoured to be here. Huy chexw a (Hoy chook a) – thank you!
Evening Schedule
6pm INFO FAIR
Signed copies of Joel Bakan’s books are for sale this evening at the People’s Co-op Bookstore table. Please take a moment to check out the tables of Hello Cool World and our allies who have ideas (and merch) to sell!
7pm COAST SALISH WELCOME: Sundance Ceremonial Chief Rueben George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation
followed by SCREENING OF THE CORPORATION
9pm PANEL
The Corporation’s co-creator and author Joel Bakan, in conversation with recent law school graduate Caleb Behn and Fractured Land & “Gen Why” filmmakers Fiona Rayher and Tara Mahoney.
10pm AFTER-PARTY
Please join us at Pull Focus Film School for a celebration afterwards at 5-306 Abbott Street (Buzz #8), with a video ‘talkback’ area to record your own comments.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Joel Bakan is a UBC Professor of Law and an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. A former Rhodes Scholar, Bakan has law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie and Harvard. His critically acclaimed international hit, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (Free Press, 2004), electrified readers around the world and became a bestseller in several countries. His most recent book is Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Your Children.
Caleb Behn is Eh-Cho Dene and Dunne Za/Cree from the Treaty 8 Territory of Northeastern BC. He recently graduated from the University of Victoria with a Juris Doctor degree and is among the first UVic law students granted the Concentration in Environmental Law and Sustainability. Prior to law school, he was the Oil and Gas Officer for the West Moberly First Nations and a Lands Manager for the Saulteau First Nations. Currently he is the subject of a documentary – Fractured Land – being produced by Gen Why Media.
Fiona Rayher is the Artistic Director of Gen Why Media, a production group working to innovate public engagement. She is currently directing and producing the feature documentary, Fractured Land. The film follows the story of Caleb Behn (Dene Za / Echo Dene), exposing the natural gas industry in northeast BC. Fiona is also on the boards of the Documentary Organization of Canada and the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. She frequently speaks at schools and events about engagement through media production and documentary film.
Tara Mahoney is co-founder of Gen Why Media, and a cultural commentator on generational issues, appearing in the media and as a keynote speaker representing the Generation Y perspective. Environmental activism and social justice issues have always been important to Tara, illustrated most clearly in her first documentary film, ForGive. Tara wrote, directed and produced the film that follows National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Vatican to seek an apology from Pope Benedict XVI for the cultural damage caused by Indian Residential Schools.
ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN PARTNERS
Fractured Land • www.fracturedland.com
Fractured Land is a coming of age story about Caleb Behn, a young First Nations leader battling some of the worlds largest fracking operations in northeast B.C. We watch as he tries to reconcile the fractures within himself, his community and the world around him - blending modern tools of the law with ancient wisdom.
Gen Why Media • www.genwhymedia.ca
Gen Why Media is a production agency that uses media, events & public art to innovate civic engagement. They are currently in production on a feature documentary called Fractured Land.
Cinema Politica • www.cinemapolitica.org
Cinema Politica is the world’s largest community and campus-based documentary screening in the world. To mark a decade of provocative films, art, politics and debate, they have just published Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism, a collection of essays, interviews, impressions and reflections from the documentary activist community.
Open Cinema • www.opencinema.ca
Since 2003, Open Cinema has been exploring the innovative use of cinema as a tool for community engagement by screening social justice documentaries in cafe-style venues followed by open forum discussion. Connecting the Docs is an innovative hybrid cinema pilot project involving same-day multi-city screenings and discussions, accompanied by live social media engagement on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Ustream.
Open Media • www.openmedia.ca
OpenMedia.ca is a community-based organization that safeguards the possibilities of the open Internet. They work toward informed and participatory digital policy by engaging hundreds of thousands of people in protecting our online rights.
Rabble.ca • www.rabble.ca
Rabble.ca is a proudly independent portal for progressive news. Since 2001, rabble.ca has been harnessing the voices of new and emerging progressives in blogs, podcasts, videos columns, forums, opinions, analysis and news to offer an alternative to corporate media. It’s news for the rest of us!
dana.io • www.dana.io
Dana.io are a group of mindful creatives who have come together to develop a crowdfunding platform designed to support collaborative artistry and activism. Dana is the Buddhist principle of unconditional giving, the practice of using one’s own freedom to support the freedom of others.
Do you want to be part of our crowd? Contact us! info@hellocoolworld.com
Get the film FREE into 1,000 schools
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Presented by
Hello Cool World & Big Picture Media Corporation
Sponsored by
DOC BC
Supported by
SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Signed Copies of Joel Bakan's books on sale at event from the
People's Co-op Bookstore table
After party hosted by
Pull Focus Film School
Thank you to all our 10th Anniversary Campaign partners
Open Media • Cinema Politica • Gen Why Media • Fractured Land • Open Cinema • dana.io • rabble.ca
Program below.
Tag(s): 10 Year Anniversary, Be The Media, Campaign 4 Corporate Harm Reduction, Film Launch, Hello Cool World, The Corporation Film
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