{"id":43921,"date":"2017-03-07T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=43921"},"modified":"2017-03-07T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:43:03","slug":"lineup-announced-for-canadian-sport-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/03\/lineup-announced-for-canadian-sport-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineup announced for Canadian Sport Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock\u2019s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences has partnered with the Canadian Sport Film Festival (CSFF) to screen four films dedicated to promoting the physical and social benefits of sport.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CSFF at Brock will take place March 17 to 19 in the theatre at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts in downtown St. Catharines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The films in the lineup were chosen not only for their popularity at past festivals, but also for their ability to inspire healthy discussion about important social issues. Post-film discussions will take place after each screening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information or to buy tickets visit the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportfilmfestival.ca\/brocku\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sport Film Festival website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Canadian Sport Film Festival box office<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Next Goal Wins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2014 U.K. documentary screens Friday, March 17 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the following link to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/canadian-sport-film-festival-brock-university-tickets-32143914313?aff=es2\" target=\"_blank\">buy tickets<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the American Samoan national soccer team lost to Australia 31-0, the tiny islands crash-landed into last place in the FIFA world rankings. Despite having not won an official match for more than a decade, the team\u2019s love of soccer and American Samoan pride sustained its players\u00a0as they trained for the next World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQ31guNHK0w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-film guest speaker<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> via Skype:<\/strong> Dutch-born, America-based coach Thomas Rongen, hired by the Football Federation American Samoa to help turn their luck around.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Winning Girl<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2014 U.S. documentary screens Saturday, March 18 at 2 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the following link to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/canadian-sport-film-festival-brock-university-tickets-32143914313?aff=es2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buy tickets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow the four-year journey of Teshya Alo, a Hawaiian teenage female judo and wrestling phenomenon pursuing world championship ambitions in both sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/105082878\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-film guest speakers<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> via video conference:<\/strong> Teshya Alo and director Kimberlee Bassford.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fighting for Peace (screened with Outside the Ring)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2015 documentary from the Netherlands\u00a0screens Saturday, March 18 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the following link to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/canadian-sport-film-festival-brock-university-tickets-32143914313?aff=es2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buy tickets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two of the most successful participants in Luta Pela Paz, an NGO and boxing school based in one of Rio\u2019s most violent and poorest favelas, are on a quest to become national champions. Douglas has lost a sister to addiction, while Sugar is the sole provider for his mother and seven siblings. Boxing may be their only way out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Jdmwb-dn0k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Outside the Ring<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 2013 Canadian documentary screens Saturday, March 18\u00a0following Fighting for Peace.<\/p>\n<p>A group of women and trans survivors of violence in Toronto are part of a unique violence recovery program that integrates boxing into their healing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74053934\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-film guest speakers<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong> Joanne Green, director Outside the Ring and Dr. Jamie Mandigo, Professor of Kinesiology and Vice-Provost, Enrolment Management and International, Brock University, who ran a boxing program in Guatemala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Men Who Swim<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a02010 Swedish documentary screens Sunday, March 19 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit the following link to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/canadian-sport-film-festival-brock-university-tickets-32143914313?aff=es2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">buy tickets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A humorous and poignant look at a group of middle-aged underachievers who have found unlikely success as members of Sweden\u2019s all male synchronized swimming team. What began as a weekly escape from the daily grind of work and family responsibilities turns serious after an unexpected invitation to the world championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2BZpft2_OI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-film guest speaker<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> via Skype:<\/strong> Director and star Dylan Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lineup has been announced for the Canadian Sport Film Festival being hosted by Brock later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":43929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1,4],"tags":[4857,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43921"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43935,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43921\/revisions\/43935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}