Film Series
Free Film: Beans – Wednesday April 20th, 7pm at NIC
World Community joins REEL Canada to present a free screening of Tracey Deer’s award-winning docu-drama, Beans (92 min), for National Canadian Film Day, Wednesday April 20th at 7pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, North Island College, Courtenay.
From July to September 1990, two Mohawk communities in Quebec — Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke — were thrust into a resistance against the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Referred to in the media as the “Oka Crisis,” the three-month standoff captured the attention of the entire country as the communities protested the expansion of a golf course into a burial ground.
Set in the summer of 1990, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old Mohawk girl named Beans, a bright and promising student trying to find her place in her community.
Beans is a powerful coming-of-age drama from behind the protest lines. With its sensitive portrayal of internal and community conflicts gleaned from the filmmaker’s lived experience, it is garnering numerous awards and is poised to blaze a new trail for the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers.
The film is rated 14A (Accompaniment). Advisories: coarse language and some violence.
Let’s Talk About The Climate Crisis – Tues. Sept 17th
Our four-part series ‘Addressing the Climate Crisis: Activism, Adaptation, and Resilience’ continues on Tuesday September 17, 7 pm at Upper Native Sons’ Hall with a climate communications panel covering issues from personal...
World Community Addresses the Climate Crisis
World Community is hosting a series of four special events on the theme ‘Addressing the Climate Crisis: Activism, Adaptation & Resilience’. The series of films, panel discussions, and presentations will highlight some of the positive actions taking place in our...
Film Screening: Modified – Tues, March 13th – 7pm at NIC Theatre, Courtenay
Modified is a first-person documentary-memoir that questions why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not labeled on food products in Canada and the United States, despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world.Interweaving the personal and the political, the film is anchored in the filmmaker’s relationship to her mother, a passionate gardener and food activist. Their intimate mother-daughter investigative journey, fueled by a shared love of food, ultimately reveals the extent to which industrial interests control our food policies, making a strong case for a more transparent and sustainable food system.
Film Screening – Tues. Feb 13th – “Best of Fest”
The votes are in from the recent World Community Film Festival and the audience pick for a “Best of Fest” re-screening is Bending the Arc (102 min.) to be held on Tuesday, Feb.13 at 7 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College, Courtenay. Bending...
Festival Opening Night Film – Friday, Feb 2: Meet Beau Dick, Maker of Monsters
is a portrait of a Canadian art legend, an enigmatic carver from Alert Bay, BC. Beau Dick's remarkable masks have been celebrated across the global art scene as vibrant expressions of West Coast Indigenous culture and a sophisticated crossover into the contemporary...
Indigenous Film to Screen
World Community wraps up its 2017 film series on Tuesday, December 5th at 7 pm in the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College with a screening of Our People Will Be Healed (98 min). Admission is by donation. Everyone is welcome. Click here to watch the film...
Film Fest Sneak Preview Exposes Privacy Risks
Check out a sneak preview of the 27th World Community Film Festival at the screening of Pre-Crime on Tuesday, November 28 at 7 pm at the Stan Hagen Theatre, NIC Courtenay campus. Click Here to watch the film trailer. What if tomorrow's murders could be prevented...
Film Screening: I Am Not Your Negro – Tuesday Nov. 14 – 7pm at NIC
Raoul Peck's oscar-nominated film, I Am Not Your Negro, a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. In 1979, James Baldwin was planning his next book project, a personal account of the lives and...