News and Events
Film Screening: Being Michelle – Online Oct. 27 – 29th
Imagine being deaf and being the defendant in a court case with no access to an interpreter. World Community’s film series continues with the award-winning documentary, Being Michelle (80 min). The film follows the astonishing journey of a deaf woman with autism who survived incarceration and abuse by a system that refused to accommodate her needs.
The film can be seen online from Oct. 27 – 29th. Click Here to Pre-order tickets.
Michelle’s trajectory changed when she met Kim Law, a volunteer life coach who teaches classes to people in prison. Today, Kim and Michelle are doing the difficult work of unraveling Michelle’s history of her traumatic childhood and her experiences in the Florida criminal justice system. Throughout the film Michelle’s artwork provides her own depiction of the trauma she survived as well as a means to her recovery. Being Michelle is a powerful story of redemption.
FMI: 250 334 1840
Film Screening: Tues Jan. 21st – 7pm at NIC
THE SEQUEL - As we enter 2020, it’s a great time to imagine our collective future. Join World Community for the documentary, The Sequel, at the Stan Hagen Theatre at North Island College. The film explores the work of environmental economist David Fleming and the...
Film Screening: Tues, Nov. 19th, 7pm Stan Hagen Theatre, NIC, Courtenay.
As California farmers struggle with drought and other impacts of climate change, our ability to grow and access local food is becoming more important every year. World Community’s film series continues with the film Five Acres (30 min.) followed by a panel discussion...
Film Screening: The Whale & The Raven- Tues. Nov 5th . 7pm at NIC
Journey via film to Whale Point and Fin Island research outposts in the Great Bear coastal region and meet the remarkable people who call this place home including leaders of the Gitga’at First Nation and whale researchers Hermann Meuter and Janie Wray. World...
Addressing Climate Change – Part 4 – Tuesday, October 1st at 7pm – Upper Native Sons Hall
What if the lifestyle changes needed to reduce our environmental impacts actually made our lives more meaningful, rewarding and fun? Join World Community for its final night of public events in the series "The Climate Crisis: Adaptation, Activism and Resilience" ...
Film Series: World Community screens Surviving Progress – Tuesday, May 7
“Progress” is generally assumed to be good. But author and Massey Lecturer, Ronald Wright, questions if that is always the case. Join World Community on Tuesday, May 7 at 7 pm at the NIC theatre for the screening of the film, Surviving Progress. Surviving Progress ...
World Community Film Festival 2013 – Images by Sarah Kerr
World Community would like to thank our long-time supporter and close friend, Sarah Kerr from Sarah Kerr Photography, for sharing her images of the event. [HTML1]