Free entry to labour themed film festival
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Updated: October 29, 2009 10:44 AM
The Joseph Mairs Memorial Committee and the Community Alliance for Public Education are delighted to be hosting the Cowichan location for the Canadian Labour International Film Festival(CLiFF) on Sunday November 29th, 1pm until 9pm at Vimy Community Hall 3968 Gibbins Road Duncan BC. Admission is free.
This year marks the birth of this Canada-wide film festival dedicated to working people, their unions and their communities. Featuring films from around the world and right here at home, this event begins to redress the balance between corporate entertainment and the true culture of all who work everyday to provide for our families and build our communities.
Our programme includes short subjects and feature films:
From the Edge of the Blade - Workers’ rebellion in Mexico
Wal-Mart Nation - The world movement to roll back Wal-Mart
Poor No More - Mary Walsh looks for solutions in Ireland and Sweden
The Philosopher Kings - Janitors at major US Universities speak out
Dear John - Welland Ontario resists plant closures
Seeds of Peace - Palestinian Workers struggle for equal treatment
Six Weeks of Solidarity - The Winnipeg General Strike 70 years later
12,000 Men - The struggle of Cape Breton coal miners
Defying the Law - The epic struggle to unionise steel in Hamilton
The Salt of the Earth - Mexican American miners and wives on strike
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