Toronto - PWYC DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHTS. @ SOYBOMB!
Date: October 26
Time: 7:30-11pm EST
Location: SOYBOMB! (156 Bathurst St., Toronto ON)PWYC DOCUMENTARY DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHTS. @ SOYBOMB!Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
Manufactured Landscapes is the portrait of one man’s voyage as it follows celebrated till photographer Edward Burtynsky on a tour of Asia. Burtynsky takes large-format stills of industrial landscapes: factory workers lined up in infinity, giant ships eviscerated, massive recycling dumps, expansive strip mines. His goal is to portray humanity’s relationship to nature as we pursue progress. The film perfectly balances the images of Burtynsky with those of talented cinematogrpher/creative consultant Peter Mettler. When Burtynsky speaks, he neither celebrates or condemns but simply explores who were are in relation to our planet. We extract things from the environment to survive, and that is damaging the world.
first 4 minutes intro- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4eLsRUbtBk
trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv23xwe0BoU
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832903/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured_Landscapes
http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=53006
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=manufacturedlandscapes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/manufactured_landscapes/
http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes.html
http://www.offscreen.com/index.php/phile/essays/manufactured_landscapes/
Up The Yngtze (2007)
While "manufactured landscapes" doesn not judge, but lets the imagery indict itself, "up the yangtze" indulges a passive scrutiny of the effects of one of these manufactured landscapes. and seeing how we watched the "water" docs last week, we visit directly one of the aspects of the water crisis world wide; the control of water directly. - JW -
In China, it is simply known as “The River.” But the Yangtze—and all of the life that surrounds it—is undergoing a truly astonishing transformation wrought by the largest hydroelectric project in history, the Three Gorges Dam. Canadian documentary filmmaker Yung Chang returns to the gorgeous, now-disappearing landscape of his grandfather’s youth to trace the surreal life of a “farewell cruise” that traverses the gargantuan waterway.
With Altmanesque narrative agility, a humanist gaze and wry wit, Chang’s Upstairs Downstairs approach beautifully captures the microcosmic society of the luxury liner. Below deck: A bewildered young girl trains as a dishwasher—sent to work by her peasant family, who is on the verge of relocation from the encroaching floodwaters. Above deck: A phalanx of wealthy international tourists set sail to catch a last glance of a country in dramatic flux. The teenaged employees who serve and entertain them—now tagged with new Westernized names like “Cindy” and “Jerry” by upper management—warily grasp at the prospect of a more prosperous future.
Singularly moving and cinematically breathtaking, Up the Yangtze gives a human dimension to the wrenching changes facing not only an increasingly globalized China, but the world at large.
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/up-the-yangtze/trailer
http://films.nfb.ca/up-the-yangtze/up-the-yangtze.php
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/uptheyangtze/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114277/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Yangtze
http://films.nfb.ca/up-the-yangtze/
http://films.nfb.ca/up-the-yangtze/trailer.php
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/up_the_yangtze/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3tQ7G2Ve4
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=928718835552944915#
http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2008/02/07/up-the-yangtze/
http://www.givemeaning.com/project/yufam
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-----------This is a pay-what-you-can series of documentary screenings every
Tuesday @ Soybomb, and all the proceeds will be
donated to the G20 Prisoners Legal Defence Fund. for more info check:
http://g20.torontomobilize.org/support----------We have about 12 or so chairs, ranging from comfortable to not so
comfortable, so if you have a comfy folding camping chair you can
bring for yourself, it may be wise!
There is a nice patio on the roof to have smokes and chat away from
the movies if you are needing to have some chats...
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The G8/G20 meetings took place in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. Toronto-based organizations of women, people of colour, indigenous peoples, the poor, the working class, queer and trans people and disabled people organized a peoples convergence with 40,000 people taking to the streets, standing up for justice in collaboration and solidarity!
Activists, community members, inspired and outraged individuals came together as a movement to demand justice for people and the planet. Over a week of mobilizations, events, workshops and direct actions took place in the face of state and police repression, violence and infringements on rights and freedoms.
We must continue to mobilize and build greater solidarity among our communities- an important part of this is supporting all those arrested during the G20 summit, including our allies still in detention, and those released on bail.