Film Screening
Events
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Film Screening: We the Children
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of Indigenous History Month. Ninan Auassat: We the Children (93 minutes) A powerful film shot from “a child’s eye-view” without the voices of adults, this documentary reveals the dreams of a new generation poised to take flight. No registration is required.
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Film Screenings: Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again; Feather Fall
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special double-screening from the National Film Board, in honour of Indigenous History Month. Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again (33 min) This film shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s […]
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Film Screening: Love, Scott
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of Pride Month. No registration is required. Love, Scott (75 min) While walking on the street one night in a small town in Canada, Scott Jones, a gay musician, is attacked and paralyzed from the waist down; what follows is a brave […]
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Film Screenings: Into the Light & Inkwo
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of Pride Month. No registration is required. Into Light (19 min) Set against the Northern landscape of Yellowknife, Sheona McDonald’s new documentary, Into Light, captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together. As […]
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Film Screening: The Art of Adventure
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for a screening of this award-winning film, featuring the stories of artist Robert Bateman and biologist Bristol Foster. No registration is required. "In 1957, world renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and spirited biologist Bristol Foster embarked on a global expedition...a journey that ignited a deep love of our planet - and set in […]
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Film Screening: WaaPake
Featured Film Screening: WaaPakeBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. WaaPake (Tomorrow) (80 minutes) For generations, the suffering of residential school survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to […]
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Film Screening: WaaPake
Brighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. WaaPake (Tomorrow) (80 minutes) For generations, the suffering of residential school survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to […]
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Film Screening: WaaPake
Brighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for this special screening from the National Film Board, in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. WaaPake (Tomorrow) (80 minutes) For generations, the suffering of residential school survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to […]
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Vintage Film Screening: Dinner at Eight
FeaturedBrighton Public Library 35 Alice St, Brighton, Ontario, CanadaBrighton Public Library and the Vintage Film Festival present a free lunch and screening of a great MGM film from 1933, Dinner at Eight. Based on a Broadway hit by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, and directed by George Cukor, the movie features half-a-dozen of the studio's biggest stars of the 30's: Marie Dressler, Jean […]
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