Motion Pictures Film Series
|
From September 2012 to March 2013, DOXA will offer screenings of some of the world's most outstanding documentaries in communities around the Lower Mainland as part of our Motion Pictures Film Series.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 7:00pm (all ages) Wonder Woman burst onto the scene in December 1941, at the height of WWII. Her creator William Moulton Marston envisioned her as the harbinger of a glorious future world, ruled by women and governed by the principles of peace, love and inclusivity. But when the war ended, and women were sent back to the kitchen, Wonder Woman herself suffered a similar diminishment. It wasn’t until the 70s second wave feminism that Wonder Woman regained her former power. This is a double bill screening with Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 9:00pm (19+ with bar service) Since its humble beginning as a comic-book convention in 1970, Comic-Con has morphed into a Godzilla sized megalith, attracting over 140,000 genre fans, often dressed in full-regalia inspired by their various filmic and comic book obsessions. Comic-Con has also become a prime launching pad for studios to preview the big-action blockbusters, as well as a market for video games and action figures. But in amongst the hype, surprisingly human stories emerge. |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & The Farm Midwives Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | 7:00pm After enduring the horror of a forceps delivery with her own child, Ina May Gaskin was determined to find a better way to give birth. In 1971, she and her husband Stephen founded The Farm, a experimental community in rural Tennessee, that featured one of the very first midwifery centres in the US. But it was the publication of her book Spiritual Midwifery in 1977 that brought world-wide attention to the rights of women to have babies without undue medical intervention, aided only by family, friends and a competent, confident midwife. From crowning to the final climatic moment of delivery, remarkable footage of women in labour provide a riveting look at the most fundamental of human dramas. |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
Going Up the Stairs: A Portrait of an Unlikely Iranian Artist Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | 7:30pm After discovering painting at age 50, while helping her grandson with his homework, Akram’s talent would not be stemmed nor slowed. Married at age eight to a man some 20 years her senior, Akram’s life as a traditional Iranian woman centred upon her house, husband and children. When her paintings were discovered, her children organized an exhibition of her work in Paris, but before she can attend her own show, she must first gain her husband’s permission. |
|
||||
|
|
||||||
|
|
Trash Dance Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | 7:00pm Choreographer Allison Orr spent a year riding along with the employees of the Sanitation Department in Austin, Texas, observing not only their daily routines -- everything from recycling and garbage collection to retrieving dead animals alongside the highway. But convincing the workers that there is beauty in the movements of garbage trucks and heavy machinery proves no easy feat. In the words of crane operator Don Anderson, “How can I make a big ole hunk of machine be romantic?” |
|
|
|
||
|
|
TT3D: Closer to the Edge Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | 7:00pm and 9:15pm Razor sharp in its execution, TT3D captures not only the adrenalin-fueled rush of the race itself, but also conveys the culture of the participants and their families. At the centre of the action is one Guy Martin, a rider with bravado to spare, and an accent so thick it often warrants subtitles. Desperate to win his first TT, Guy pits his skill and ability, as well as apparent fearlessness, against some of the fastest men and women on the planet. |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Elemental Tuesday, January 29, 2013 | 7:00pm In India, activist Rajendra Singh fights to reclaim the Ganges River from pollution and mismanagement, as an ever-expanding population, factories and dams threaten the very existence of this fabled waterway. In Northern Alberta, First Nations activist Eriel Deranger wages a ferocious campaign against the proposed 2,000-mile Keystone XL Pipeline and the potential threat it poses to aquifers across the province. In Australia, inventor Jay Harman searches for a methodology to combat the effects of global warming uses nature’s own systems. |
|||||||
|
||||||||
