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In the run-up to the Vancouver Olympic Games, DOXA Documentary Film Festival is very pleased to present a brand new 2009/2010 Film Series entitled Motion Pictures, a selection of award-winning documentaries that look at the complex issues surrounding the body, athleticism, the politics of sports and the drive we have to get our bodies in motion.
The fourth and final film in the Motion Pictures series for this season, Salute, will screen on February 25. Stay tuned for more info!
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Salute
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Salute
February 25, 2010 at Fifth Avenue Cinema
Salute is a journey back to the 1960's to examine what has now become one of the most famous Olympic moments in history. Gold Medallist Tommie Smith and Bronze Medallist John Carlos made a simple gesture to unite black Americans in their quest for equality. What Silver Medallist Peter Norman did is now finally being told by those were actually there. Winner of multiple awards around the world, Salute is the untold story of three men who stopped the world with a single gesture.
Read more about Salute
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 Snowblind
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Snowblind
January 28, 2010 at Fifth Avenue Cinema
The Iditarod is the most gruelling sled dog race in the world - a thousand mile race from the south to the north of Alaska in the coldest month, March. Snowblind follows 23 year old Rachael Scdoris who is legally blind as she trains herself and her team of dogs for the epic ordeal.
Read more about Snowblind
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Football Under Cover
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Football Under Cover
November 26, 2009 at Fifth Avenue Cinema
She shoots, she scores! An exhilarating and historic match between an Iranian and a German women's football team is played out in Tehran in 2006. Giving girl power its due, Football Under Cover follows the sporty girls as they struggle against what seems like endless bureaucratic oppression to make the game happen.
Read more about Football Under Cover
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Off and Running |
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Off and Running
Motion Pictures kicked off on October 29, 2009 with the 2009 film Off and Running from director Nicole Opper. Since its world premiere at the Tribeca Film
Festival in New York, Off and Running has screened at Silver Docs and
picked up a number of awards. Read more about Off and Running
 
It's a ‘Happening’!
Happenings are City of Vancouver-funded activities, events and legacy projects taking place in city neighbourhoods in the months leading up to and during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in February and March 2010. Host a City Happening events reflect the Olympic and Paralympic values of friendship, solidarity, peace, fair play, optimism, inspiration and empowerment. To find out more, visit vancouver.ca
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