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.
** Click Here to Pre-Order Tickets (Individual $10, Household $16, Low Income & Students $6) (2020, 100 min.) This is the compelling story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the...
Bring some joy into your holiday season with World Community’s film series screening of River City Drumbeat (95 min), online from Dec. 26 – Dec 29th. The film is a reminder that there is kindness, compassion, and community in this world. This is a powerful story of...
The storm hit just as this year’s harvest was beginning and farmers lost much of both their coffee and staple food crops. The damage comes as the coops are already reeling from a loss of coffee sales sparked by the Covid 19 pandemic and recent and ongoing social and...
Swim with polar bears and whales in the arctic! Or watch from the comfort of your home as the experts do it in the beautiful film Under Thin Ice (88 min). World Community’s online film series continues all weekend from 6 pm Friday Nov. 27 through Sunday Nov. 29...
Come enjoy a variety of "Food Theme" Films, Guest Speakers, Community Garden Tours and Workshops. Learn about local sustainable food production , GMO concerns and more! ADMISSION BY DONATION Films will include: More than Honey, Harvesting Community, Ladies of the...
Come enjoy a variety of 'Food Theme' Films, Guest Speakers, Community Garden Tours, and Workshops. Learn about local sustainable food production, GMO concerns, and more! ADMISSION BY DONATION Films will include: More than Honey, Harvesting Community, Ladies of the...
World Community continues its film series with “Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada” (87 min, 2012). This powerful documentary will screen Tuesday March 4th at 7:00 pm at the North Island College theatre in Courtenay. Feminism has shaped the...
Pete Seeger was one of the most important voices and influential musicians in America. He died at age 94 on January 27. In memorium, and due to popular demand, World Community will host a screening of the Emmy Award winning feature documentary, “Pete Seeger: The Power...
Tues. Jan. 14th 7:00pm NIC Theatre, Courtenay "Girls in the Band" tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 30′s to the present day. These incredibly talented women...
The 23rd World Community Film Festival is coming to downtown Courtenay on Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2014. Once again, programmers have selected some great films that will make it difficult to decide which venue to attend. Get a head start on your festival viewing with...
Sunday, Nov. 24th, 7pm – 9pm Evergreen Seniors' Lounge, Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay World Community hosts the inspiring film, The People and the Olive (70 min). Ultra marathoners from the US run across Palestine in 5 days and learn about the struggles of olive...
by Amnesty & World Community Tues, Nov. 12th - 7:30 pm, NIC Theatre, Courtenay Don't miss this! It will not be in our Film Festival (Jan 31 and Feb 1st) Courtenay will join dozens of communities worldwide to screen Gold Fever, an “eye-opening and inspiring”...
World Community celebrates World Food Week with a screening of the award-winning film, GROW! Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7:30 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College. Currently, the average age of farmers in North America is over 55, so it’s critical to encourage...
What's this about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our food system? World Community continues it's film series with the new film, GMO/OMG, which explores some of the questions currently being discussed in the Comox Valley and elsewhere around the world. GMO...
World Community kicks off its fall film series Tues, Sept. 24th at 7:30pm in the North Island College theatre... This provocative film tackles one of the key issues of our time, climate change and the causes. The award-winning (and not so subtly-titled)...
World Community Development Education Society is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, July 4 at 7pm at Creekside Commons (2202 Lambert Drive, Courtenay). Please note that Lambert Drive is now accessed via 20th Street. Everyone is welcome to join us for...
