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Four Evenings of Documentary
Film featuring cultural heroes who have empowered, encouraged and
inspired significant social and cultural change with courage and
creativity. Four
of the most popular documentaries screened at DOXA 2010,
Vancouver’s
Annual Documentary Film Festival.
THE FILMS
Friday, April 1
OPENING RECEPTION and SPECIAL GUESTS from DOXA, Dorothy Woodend
(Festival Programmer) and Kris Anderson (Founder and former Festival
Director) followed by…
The
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Award
winning, hilarious look at New Zealand’s famously funny and
talented musicians and comedians, the lesbian, activist, yodeling
identical twins, Lynda and Jools Topp. details
Saturday April 2
Celebrate
the 40th Anniversary of Greenpeace with Special Guest, Stephanie
Goodwin, BC Director of Greenpeace
The Rainbow Warriors
of Waiheke Island
An
inside look at the early activism of Greenpeace with present day
interviews and archival footage of crew members from the anti-whaling
boat the Rainbow Warrior - a powerful film about one of the most
notorious and effective environmental movements of our time. details
Sunday April 3
Buffy Sainte-Marie:
A Multimedia Life
The
biography of Oscar winner, political
activist, and musician Buffy Sainte-
Marie follows her from her birth on a
Saskatchewan reserve through to her musical rise and her
activism on behalf
of North American
aboriginal people.
Her lust for life,
eternal optimism
and unique talent
shine through.
Monday April 4
Six
Miles Deep
Special Guest: Barbara Higgins, Sechelt First Nations Elder
A
beautiful portrait of some truly inspirational and compelling women
- the clan mothers of the matriarchal Haudenosaunee Nation.
THE DETAILS
All
events at Gibsons Heritage Playhouse, North Road & Gibsons Way
Doors at 7pm, screenings at 7:30pm
Opening Night Reception 630 to 730 pm
TICKETS
Opening Night, $15
Saturday,Sunday $10
Monday - regular Monday film price ($5
members, $8 non-members)
Advance 4-Film Package $35, members:
$30
4-Film Package @the door $40
Passes for Four Docs are available at MELOmania (Roberts Creek), Gaia's Fair
Trade (Gibsons Landing), and Coast Copy (Sechelt).
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