Everyone is welcome! We have at least one monthly event or volunteer opportunity. Currently, we often have a monthly film screening of highlights from the Vancouver Film Festival (usually the 2nd Tuesday of each month) and a monthly informal chat and letter writing at a local tea house (usually the third Thursday of each month). Please check the website to verify the date as scheduling is dependent upon the theatre bookings. Special events are planned to mark significant days and will be announced in advance. Please check this page regularly as it is often updated!
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April film: A Promise to the Dead |
Film Screening of A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Tuesday, April 7th at 7:00pm at the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Directed by Peter Raymont (Shake Hands with the Devil) the film is an exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy, as seen through the eyes and life experiences of writer Ariel Dorfman. Born in Argentina , growing up in New York and then Chile , Dorfman became cultural advisor to Chile ’s socialist president, Salvador Allende. When the Allende government fell in the military coup of September 11, 1973, Dorfman had to make the most crucial decision in his life. Later he was told that his life was spared because “someone had to live to tell the story”. Shot in Argentina , USA and Chile (coinciding with the death of Dorfman’s nemesis General Pinochet), and incorporating a wealth of rare archival footage, this feature-length documentary is based, in part, on Dorfman’s memoir, “Heading South, Looking North”. This film is part of a series Amnesty International will be presenting at the Plaza Theatre. The series will showcase picks from the Amnesty International Film Festivals. For more information, please contact: Vanessa MacKinnon, (403) 463-2409 or vanmackinnon@ gmail.com |
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March Film for Women's Day: View from a Grain of Sand |
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Amnesty International Hosts International Women’s Day Event in Calgary
Amnesty International, Calgary branch, will be hosting an event on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 to celebrate International Women’s Day. Film Screening of View from a Grain of Sand Tuesday, March 10th at 7:00pm at the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation.
View from a Grain of Sand Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistan’s complex history, informing this examination of how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years. Combining verité footage, interviews and rare archival material, this evocative film is a harrowing, thought-provoking and movingly intimate portrait of a still divided and brutalized nation. Addressing timely issues of women, Islam, and US foreign policy, the film is a compelling and vital addition to the global dialogue of our times. This film is part of a series Amnesty International will be presenting at the Plaza Theatre. The series will showcase picks from the Amnesty International Film Festivals. For more information, please contact: Vanessa MacKinnon Amnesty International, Calgary branch Fieldworker (403) 463-2409
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Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities: Music Lovers Wanted! |
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AI Calgary is looking for music lovers! If you are wanting to volunteer and waiting for just the right fit, perhaps this is it! Amnesty Calgary is planning on creating a volunteer commitee to be available to table at concerts big and small. If you would like to learn more you can contact me at the information below or check out our regular monthly meeting this Thursday at Steeps. Vanessa MacKinnon
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Human Rights Book Club: April 16 |
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Join us on April 16th at Steeps Tea House for our first book club! Details below. All all welcome--even those that haven't read the book! Location: Steeps is located at 12G-880 16 Avenue SW (Mount Royal Village off of 17th Ave SW). Time: 7:00 pm
Book Club Details: Vanessa and Nicole are starting an AI Human Rights book club! Please feel free to join us for any read that perks your interest. We thought we'd only read a book every two or three months and we've picked the first one: The Translator by Daoud Hari (about Darfur, Sudan). Please pick up a copy of this book if you're interested in joining us on Thursday, April 16 for a discussion about this book and Darfur. Please RSVP to Vanessa MacKinnon at
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or 403-463-2409.
About the book: The young life of Daoud Hari—his friends call him David—has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living witness to the brutal genocide under way in Darfur.
The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world–an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. Using his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon—while others around him were taking up arms—Daoud Hari has helped inform the world about Darfur. Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan. In 2003, this traditional life was shattered when helicopter gunships appeared over Darfur's villages, followed by Sudanese-government -backed militia groups raping and murdering citizens and burning villages. Though Hari's village was attacked and destroyed, he was able to escape and lead survivors to safety. When international aid groups and reporters arrived, Hari offered his services as a translator and guide. He risked his life again and again, for the government of Sudan had outlawed journalists in the region, and death was the punishment for those who aided the "foreign spies." And then, inevitably, his luck ran out and he was captured. . . . The Translator tells the remarkable story of a man who came face-to-face with genocide– time and again risking his own life to fight injustice and save his people. |
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February Film: Standard Operating Procedure |
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Film Screening of Standard Operating Procedure
Amnesty International, Calgary branch, will be hosting the first Calgary screening of this excellent documentary on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 in recognition of US President Obama's stated commitment to human rights, including closing Guantanamo Bay.
Tuesday, February 10th at 7:00pm at the Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Road NW. Admission is by donation.
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War, The Thin Blue Line) examines the context of the twelve notorious photographs from Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib. Why were they taken? What was happening outside the frame? Morris talks directly to the soldiers who took the photographs and who were in the photographs. Who are these people? What were they thinking? And the underlying question: How could American values become so compromised that Abu Ghraib—and the subsequent cover-up—could happen?
This film is part of a series Amnesty International will be presenting at the Plaza Theatre. The series will showcase picks from the Amnesty International Film Fest held in Vancouver.
For more information, please contact:
Vanessa MacKinnon, Fieldworker
(403) 463-2409
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