Film Series
Film Screening – The Great Disconnect
World Community resumes our film series with The Great Disconnect
(one hour), available to stream on Tues. Oct. 20th at 6pm and
continuing to be available through midnight on Wed. Oct. 21. Link to the film: https://xerb.tv/channel/worldcommunityca/virtual-events
Even before Covid 19 emerged, many people were isolating from one another, and because of this, facing another kind of health crisis that affects all of us. This timely documentary invites us to reflect on the importance of relationships we have with those around us. Join wellness expert Tamer Soliman as he journeys through North American cities to meet with local citizens, and leading authorities on social, economic, and urban planning to discover the factors that have profound and lasting impacts, not only on our health, but the health of the communities in which we live.
A pre-recorded panel discussion featuring Nancy Gothard and Helen Boyd will also be available to watch after the screening. Gothard, Courtenay City Planner, will offer ideas to consider as citizens provide neighbourhood-scaled input into revisions for Courtenay’s climate-friendly Official Community Plan in late October and early November. Helen Boyd of Comox Valley Nurses for Health and the Environment will add reflections about the film and the issues it raises.
Tickets are $8 per household (or $5 for subsidized tickets) Proceeds from World Community online screenings are shared with the filmmakers who continue to make films we all enjoy.
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...
Film Screening: Inconvenient Sequel – Thursday Oct 26th – 7pm at NIC
When Al Gore released Inconvenient Truth over a decade ago, climate change was thought of as a hypothetical issue by most people. You had to understand complex graphs and computer models to grasp it. Today, most people have experienced enough extreme and...
Film Screening: Becoming Bulletfproof & Bulletproof Jackson
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Just Desserts: Film Screening & Guest Speakers
Tues, Feb 17th 7:00 pm North Island College Theatre, Courtenay. (Admission is by donation) “Just Desserts” is an evening of film and discussion about the impact our local investment decisions have around the world. Defensora (40 min.), is a film about indigenous...
World Community Film Festival
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