Ed Carswell

We are open Saturday mornings 10am-1pm
We are open Saturday mornings 10am-1pm

Come visit our TinTown warehouse and pick up your fairly-traded organic products. Products can also be purchased in the Comox Valley and beyond. 2449C Rosewall Crescent, (Tin Town) Courtenay, BC.   FMI: see our Fair Trade page.

Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument
Marker of Change: The Story of the Women’s Monument

On December 6, 1989, 14 young women at Montréal’s Ecole Polytechnique were systematically murdered solely because they were female.  A group of Vancouver feminists set out to create Canada’s first national monument to name and remember the 14 women. 

World Community AGM on Zoom – Tuesday November 7th at 7pm.

This will be a short meeting including the election of our board. New board members would be welcomed. Guest speakers Shams Alabhai and Tim Young from the Immigrant Welcome Centre will share a brief presentation about the work they do to assist new immigrants. To...

Deep Rising

Deep Rising

Director: Matthieu Rytz Narration: Jason Momoa
10:00 AM – 85 min

This exquisite environmental documentary is also a gripping tale of geopolitical, scientific, and corporate intrigue. It exposes the destructive machinations of a secretive organization, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), empowered to greenlight massive extraction of metals from the deep seafloor.

Not Quite That

Not Quite That

Filmmaker: Ali Grant
11:45 AM – 47 min

Might a genetic mutation be the very thing that allows this nice Jewish butch lesbian to be fully seen at last? Meet Sarah, 57. Lesbian? For sure. Jewish? Yes and no. Mother? In all but one sense. Trans? No, just often mistaken as such. Breast cancer survivor? Well, that’s the plan, the survival bit, but without the cancer or the breasts. Not Quite That is an intimate and insightful exploration of how we are seen, how we see ourselves, and why it matters.

The Judge

The Judge

Director: Erika Cohn
1:10 PM – 81 min

When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s Chief Justice and announced she wanted to join the bench. He laughed at her. A few years later, Kholoud became the first woman judge to be appointed to the Middle East’s Shari’a (Islamic law) courts.

Dancing in A-Yard

Dancing in A-Yard

Filmmaker: Manuela Dalle
2:45 PM – 72 min

In prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, 10 young men are breaking this taboo by inviting French choreographer Dimitri to create a contemporary dance class, signaling a huge step towards their rehabilitation and hope for release back into society and ultimately creating a new prison culture.

Breaking the News

Breaking the News

Filmmakers: Heather Courtney, Princess Hairston, Chelsea Hernandez
4:10 PM – 99 min

Go behind the scenes at The 19th*, a digital news start-up led by a scrappy group of fearless women and LGBTQ+ journalists to buck status quo reporting by asking “who is omitted from the story and how can they be included?”

Common Ground

Common Ground

Directors: Josh Tickell & Rebecca Tickell
8 PM – 105 min

Fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the sustainable food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind a broken food system. The film reveals how racist practices forged the current farm system in the US.

A Crack in the Mountain

A Crack in the Mountain

Director: Alistair Evans
7:30 PM – 100 min

Deep in the jungle of Central Vietnam, lies a magnificent underground kingdom. Hang Son Doòng which translates as “mountain river cave, is located in Quang Bình Province. In the middle of a UNESCO world heritage site, it is the largest cave passage in the world and a place of spectacular beauty.

Tiny

Tiny

Filmmakers: Ritchie Hemphill and Ryan Haché
7:30 PM – 15 min

Tiny is a stop-motion animation highlighting the life of ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill and her experiences growing up on a float house near Alert Bay. Colleen is featured telling stories about her relationships with family, the community and nature.

Long Distance Swimmer

Long Distance Swimmer

Director: Charly Wai Feldman
10:00 AM – 90 min

Syrian refugee Sara Mardini, along with her sister Yusra, pulled the sinking boat that carried them and another 18 refugees to safety in Greece. She now copes with the consequences of her ongoing activism. After volunteering as a lifeguard with Emergency Response Center International, Sara was arrested by Greek authorities on a variety of counts, including people trafficking.

Not Your Model Minority

Not Your Model Minority

Filmmaker: Jon Osaki
11:50 AM – 31 min

Not Your Model Minority explores the myth and the intersections with past and present anti-Asian violence. The film reveals the ways the model minority myth has been used to create a wedge between communities of colour, while also examining opportunities to address systemic racism.

Manufacturing the Threat

Manufacturing the Threat

Filmmaker: Amy Miller
1:05 PM – 84 min

Manufacturing the Threat examines the issue of agent provocateurs and entrapment in Canada’s national security apparatus. This is an action-packed and emotional film which looks at a deeply disturbing episode in recent Canadian history, when an impoverished couple was coerced by undercover law enforcement agents into carrying
out a terrorist bombing in Victoria, BC.

Tsunami: 11th Relative

Tsunami: 11th Relative

Filmmaker: Pieter Romer
2:50 PM – 27 min

Learn about the rich history of tsunami resilience on the Pacific west coast, and how combining traditional Indigenous knowledge with ocean science can better prepare communities for the next “big one”.