All screenings will take place at the Toronto Underground Cinema 186 Spadina Ave. and will feature speakers, Q&A and actions for the audience.

 

Series Passes are $20. Individual screenings are by suggested donation of $8 but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

 

 

5 pm - Eco-Debt-The Earth Speaks 10 min A short film about how one percent of the entire populations of the earth is consuming eighty percent of the resources. Sponsored by The United Church of Canada

 

5:15 pm - Pray the Devil Back to Hell 72 min. Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. Sponsored by Oxfam Canada and Ontario Council for International Cooperation

 

7pm - Poor No More 60 minutes Poor No More offers solutions to Canada's working poor. The film takes three Canadians to a world where people do not have to beg, where housing is affordable and university education is free. They ask themselves: if other countries can do this, why don't we? Sponsored by the Toronto Danforth NDP Riding Association

 

9pm – Return to El Salvador 67 min.

A compelling story of vibrant Salvadoran individuals and communities and the intricate geo-political systems that have so profoundly impacted their lives, making this distant war relevant to a current American audience. (series pass or $10 admission) *

 

 

5pm - H2Oil 81 min. H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta against tar sands expansion. Sponsored by The Council of Canadians

 

7pm - Gasland 90 min. When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area, he sets off on a 24 state journey to uncover the deep and shocking consequences of the United States’ natural gas drilling boom. Sponsored by The Polaris Institute and The Council of Canadians

 

9pm – Return to El Salvador 67 min. (series pass or $10 admission)

 

 

5pm - Plunder: The Crime Of Our Time 100 min. Plunder explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed. Sponsored by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.

 

9pm – Return to El Salvador 67 min. (series pass or $10 admission)

 

 

5pm - Six Miles Deep, 43 min. Documenting the dispute in Caledonia Ontario over encroaching development on Six Nations land, Six Miles Deep is an inspiring and compelling portrait of a group of women whose actions have led a cultural reawakening in their traditionally matriarchal community. Sponsored by the Toronto Community Mobilization Network

 

6pm - Ghosts 53 Min. Ghosts follows three Arab-Canadian men who were detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and Egypt. Upon their release they return to Canada and struggle to find some answers.

 

7:15 pm - Under Rich Earth 91 min. Under Rich Earth is a story about ordinary people with extraordinary courage. In a remote mountain valley in Ecuador, coffee and sugarcane farmers face the dismal prospect of being forced off their land to make way for a Canadian mining project. Filmmaker in Attendance. Sponsored by Solidarity Response Toronto

 

9 pm - Myths for Profit 60 min. Myths for Profit is a dramatic, exposé which explores Canada’s role in industries of war and peace. Filmmaker in Attendance. Sponsored by the Canadian Peace Alliance and Ceasfire.ca

 

 * Monday - Wednesday June 21-23rd 9pm – Return to El Salvador  Series passes will be honoured for these screenings otherwise admission is $10