Two Film Fest Events in Support of Indigenous Resistance

1) Native Youth Movement Speaker and PCAP Sponsored Film - RESIST 2010 OLYMPICS
2) Beats for Justice! - Fundraiser In Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance

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1) Native Youth Movement (NYM) Speaker and PCAP Sponsored Film

NYM Speaker
Friday January 25th
12:00 Noon at Market Hall, 336 George St. N.
Light Lunch Served

NO 2010 OLYMPICS ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND!
http://no2010.com/

Nation Kanahus Pellkey of Secwepemc Nation is a member of the Native Youth Movement, an organization that uses education to revive traditional knowledge, and inspires native youth to defend their land. One of their current campaigns is resistance to the devastating effects the preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics is having on their land and culture. They are currently touring Ontario, looking to make connections across communities, and share important perspectives on colonialism, ecological justice, and community resistance.

PCAP Sponsored Film ‘Garlic and Watermelons’ to follow
1:00 p.m. at Markethall, 336 George St. N.
Pay What You Can

Garlic and Watermelons chronicles the lives of Prokopis Nikolau and his extended family in the year leading up to the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. Their struggle to find a new home, to extract the subsidies that they were promised from the local municipality, and to rebuild their lives represents a humble battle against racism and poverty. But their story is bittersweet. While Prokopis deals with unresponsive bureaucrats, family disputes, and several evictions, his wife has a beautiful new baby girl, his sons learn to read and write, and the entire family savours a traditional Easter feast. A prizewinner at film festivals from Montreal to Macedonia.

For more information on the Travelling World Community Film Festival
visit: http://www.quidnovis.com/filmfest/default.asp

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2) Beats for Justice!

Splice, 379 George St. N.
Saturday January 26th, 9:00 p.m.

A fundraiser In Solidarity with Indigenous Resistance.

Featuring an all-women cast of poets, hip hop artists, filmmakers, and DJs, including filmmaker/musician Sarah DeCarlo, and Lan Anh's Trespassing Poets.

$10 waged/$5 unwaged, or pay-as-much-as-you-can.

Beats for Justice! will be preceded by Peterborough's monthly poetry slam.
Sign-up at 6:45 pm, competition at 7 pm.
www.peterboroughpoetryslam.blogspot.com

For questions, comments, or media, please contact:
Ziysah at ziysah@nccpeterborough.ca or 743-0882, ext. 224.