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Documentary Films
Saturday – November 7, 2009 – 3:00 PM
Venue: Charlotte Street Arts Centre
$5.00 general admission
(Tickets sold at the door only on the day of the screening)Presented by:
Menocracy
Director/Writer/Producer: Gretchen Kelbaugh
Associate Producer: Norean Goldston
Cast: Heidi Hudson, Gretchen Kelbaugh, Rt. Hon Kim Campbell, Dr. Joanna Everitt, Dr. Sue Carroll, Dr. Rosie Campbell
Length: 82:00
Contact: gretchk@rogers.com
Website: http://www.menocracy.ca/
Screening Beta Sp
Quispamsis, Saint John, Canada, 2009
View TrailerSomething’s rotten in the state of democracy. Governments in Canada,
the USA and the UK do not fairly represent the views of women.Pushed by the spirit of her great-aunt -- Militant Suffragette Gert
Harding -- Gretchen Kelbaugh searches for ways to elect more women.
Leading political scientists and Rt Hon Kim Campbell, the only woman
to be head of government in North America, offer many solutions.In the end, Gretchen and the sassy spirit learn the surprising truth: not
only does our rotten democracy fail women; it fails almost everyone.
And the secret kept by top politicians: most other democracies have
fixed the problem long ago.
NB Documentary Matinees (People & Places) Sunday – November 8, 2009 – 12:00 PM
Venue: Charlotte Street Arts Centre
FREE!
Presented by:
Credo A Celebration
Director/Writer: Rob Turgeon
Producer: The Hampton John Peters Humphrey Foundation
Length: 15:00
Contact: ahv@nb.aibn.com
Screening Format: Mini DV
Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008“Credo A Celebration” documents the creation of the memorial sculptures to John Peters Humphrey, the little known New Brunswicker who wrote the first draft of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
A Ferry Tale
Director/Writer/Producer: Keith MacKenzie
Length: 23:00
Contact: bluriver@nb.sympatico.ca
Screening Format: Mini DV
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada, 2009This documentary showcases the natural beauty in the area of the Gagetown ferry in response to the NB Premier’s decision to discontinue ferry services.
The Grand Slam
Director/Writer: Terry Oakes
Producer: Doug Sutherland, Terry Oakes
Length: 7:09
Contact: oakes@unb.ca
Screening Format: Mini DV
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2009During an epic winter, sixteen snowboarders throw down their best rail grinds and big air jumps and go heel to toe in “The Grand Slam”.
Japan
Director: Mark Hemmings
Length: 6:56
Contact: info@hemmingshousepictures.com
Website: http://www.vimeo.com/5598003
Screening Format: Mini DVAn experimental documentary of Japan filmed on a Nikon D90 Camera. Shot on Location in Tokyo, Nagano and Kyoto.
Mark Hemmings film "Japan", recently won "Best Maritime Film" at the Prince Edward Island International Film Festival.
Julie’s Story
Director: Mark Hemmings
Producer: Greg Hemmings
Length: 6:47
Contact: info@hemmingshousepictures.com
Screening Format: Beta SpThe story of a cancer survivor.
The Campaign for Coastal Lands
Writer: Dave McQuinn (Outreach Productions)
Director/Producer: Jenny Murphy, Danny Crain
Length: 6:00
Contact: ntnb@nbnet.nb.ca
Screening Format: Mini DV
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2009This vignette details an effort by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick to secure for conservation, lands in the area of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Features aerial images combined with interviews with people passionate to conserve.
Papikatuk
Director/Writer: Greg Hemmings
Producer: Greg Hemmings and Frederica Mariani
Length: 4:00
Contact: info@hemmingshousepictures.com
Website: www.hemmingshousepictures.com
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Saint John, NB, Canada, 2009Papikatuk is a short narrative film that reveals the affects of climate change and cultural transformation in a small community in the Canadian arctic region of Nunavik. Narrated by a young boy named Papikatuk, who lives in a world that is far different from the one that his father and grandfather speak about.
Winner of 2009 Commonwealth Vision Award.
NFB Documentary Matinee (People's Passion's) Sunday – November 8, 2009 – 1:00 PM
Venue: Le Centre communautaire Sainte-AnneFREE!
Presented by:
Marie Hélène Allain en dialogue avec la pierre /Marie Hélène Allain Speaking With Stone (French with English Subtitles)
Réalisation et scénarisation: Rodolphe Caron
Producteurs exécutifs: France Gallant, Murielle Rioux Poirier
52:00
pirou@nbnet.nb.ca
Beta Sp Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada, 2008Marie Hélène Allain, religieuse et artiste professionnelle, sculpte la
pierre. La force de la vie jaillit de l’ensemble de son oeuvre, d’une
grande sensualité. Pour cette femme, rien n’est profane, tout est
intimement lié. De même son dialogue avec Dieu et celui qu’elle entretient
avec la pierre se font écho et ses sculptures révèlent le rapport
intime, presque sacré, qui lie l’artiste à la matière. Au fil d’entrevues
avec Marie Hélène Allain et de lectures d’extraits de son journal, le
documentaire de Rodolphe Caron nous convie à une rencontre avec
une artiste acadienne hors du commun. Avec la vivacité, la sagesse
et la générosité qui la caractérisent, elle nous introduit à une oeuvre
sculpturale originale. On découvre ainsi le parcours singulier d’une
femme qui a su harmoniser sa vie spirituelle et sa vie artistique, sans
jamais sacrifier la qualité ou l’intensité de l’une au profit de l’autre.Marie Hélène Allain is a nun and a professional artist who sculpts stone
into works of palpable life force. Deeply attached to her art, she describes
how she communes with the material from which she creates
such surprising, sensual pieces. Marie Hélène Allain Speaking With
Stone recounts the unusual career of this Acadian artist who has united
her spirituality with her art, without sacrificing the quality and intensity
of one in favour of the other.
NB Documentary Matinee (A Changed World) Sunday – November 8, 2009 – 2:00 PM
Venue: Charlotte Street Arts Centre FREEPresented by:
Melting Lands
Director: Greg Hemmings
Writer: Mateo Greco, Greg Hemmings
Producer: Greg Hemmings, Frederica Mariani
Length: 52:00
Contact: info@hemmingshousepictures.com
Website: www.hemmingshousepictures.com
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 2009Melting Lands is a documentary that explores the effects of Global Warming in a small community in the Canadian north.
Sunday – November 8, 2009– 2:30 PM
Venue: Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
FREE
Presented by:
My Ancestor’s House (French, English, Cantonese)
Director/Writer: Suzette Lagacé
Producer: Maurice Aubin, Suzette Lagacé
Cast: Doris Ng Ingham, Joyce Ingham, Frank Ingham, Pauline Ingham, Sidney Ingham, Mae Ingham
Length: 58:50
Contact: mozus@nb.sympatico.ca
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2008
View Trailer24 year old Doris Ng Ingham from Montreal is on a quest to discover her parents’ roots in the Xinhui county. Never having been to China she has received a very traditional upbringing and wishes to see for herself what lies in her forefather’s land. She decides to visit her aunt and cousin in Guangdong right after the Olympics. Well aware that China is now going through major social and economic changes Doris reports to her mother in Canada the results of her discoveries and encounters with family members. The countryside of China has no doubt changed much to her mother’s disbelief. Through her experience we discover China through its’ people, traditions and values, past and present.
Documentary Showcase (Mary Ellen Davis) Sunday – November 8, 2009 – 4:00 PM
Venue: Le Centre communautaire Sainte-AnneFREE!
Presented by:
A Day In Palestine (A Collective Work)
Mary Ellen Davis camera, field recording
José Garcia-Lozano editing, extra camera
Will Eizlini soundtrack, extra sound
Length: 5:30
Contact: medavis@sympatico.ca
Screening Format: Beta SpShot on location in Jayyus, Abu Dis and Beit DuqquScenes of everyday life in the occupied Palestinian territories, with a dream-like feeling reminiscent of home-movies of the 60’s. But instead of a day at the beach or in the backyard: a wall, an olive tree, a bulldozer, soldiers harassing grandmothers.
Los Músicos
Director: Mary Ellen Davis
Editing/Animation: Guillermo López Pérez
Camera: Simon Bujold
Sound: Cristobal Urbina
Length: 54:00
Contact: medavis@sympatico.ca
Website: www.maryellendavis.net
Shot in Southern Veracruz State and Mexico CityThe Mexican people are profoundly attached to their musical traditions.
From the villages to the poorest city neighbourhoods, music is always
present, and musicians are never too far. In this documentary, the
musicians are our guides. They lead us to the exhilarating beauty of the
fandango in southern Veracruz State, and escort us through the
immensity of Mexico City. A remedy against melancholy!
Sunday – November 8, 2009 – 4:00 PM
Venue: Charlotte Street Arts Centre
FREE!
Presented by:
Max Media Ltd.
Africville: Can’t Stop Now
Director/Writer: Juanita Peters
Producer: Marty Williams, Juanita Peters
Length: 45:32
Contact: wepeople@hotmail.com
Screening Format: Beta Sp
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, 200940 years after the Africville relocation descendants are still wanting a resolution. Africville: Can’t Stop Now is the story of 3 men. They are dealing with the painful history and the hopeful future of their people. One brother continues his almost half century protest on the land,. Another works diligently with policy and people to help find a respectable compromise: the rebuilding of their church. Their cousin is focused on doing what ever it takes to keep people hopeful and moving forward. With a moving spiritual soundtrack, Africville: Can’t Stop Now is a journey into the past with a realisation of the power of the spirit in a persistent community.
A Q & A will follow the Screening.
