Articles tagged with: Films

• April 6, 2026 – “Vibrations From Gaza” (2023) Film Screening and Discussion

  Thursday, March 19, 2026 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Please join us on April 6th from 12-2pm for a screening and panel discussion of the award winning short film, Vibrations from Gaza (2023). The director, Rehab Nazzal (joining us virtually from Bethlehem) and Norma Rantisi (Concordia) who will be here in person, will discuss the film and its reception.

  Vibrations from Gaza offers a glimpse into the experiences of Deaf children in the colonized and confined coastal territory of Gaza, Palestine. Born and raised under siege and frequent onslaughts, these children, including Amani, Musa, Israa, and others, provide vivid accounts of their encounter with bombardment and the constant presence of drones in their sky. The children describe their perceptions of missiles strikes through sensing vibrations in the air, trembling of the ground, and the resonance of collapsing buildings. The film also questions whether the deafness of these children is a natural or a consequence of Israel’s use of sonic weaponry, such as sonic booms.

  With support from the Ontario Arts Council, Rehab Nazzal embarked on a journey to Gaza Strip via Egypt, circumventing the restrictions placed by the Israeli occupation regime which prohibits access to Gaza from the West Bank, without individual permits—rarely issued. While in Gaza, Nazzal worked with children in an Art Therapy program following 2021 attack. She was deeply touched by the conditions and experiences of Deaf children at the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children and began questioning the deafness of the world towards the conditions of 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza.

  This film gives Palestinian Deaf children in the besieged Gaza a voice to articulate and share their experiences, shedding light on the horrific conditions they have been enduring since 2007.

  Monday, April 6, 2026, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
  Sankey Chambers at Brock University

  The event is free and a Palestinian lunch will be served. All are welcome. RSVP through ExperienceBU. 

  Co-hosted by: The President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization and the Social Justice Research Institute. Co-sponsored by: the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; the MA in Social Justice and Equity Studies; and the Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC)—Niagara Chapter.

  Tags: Discussions, Events, Films
  Categories: News and Events

• April 5, 2025 – Screening of “Boy” for the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series

  Thursday, March 13, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology are proud to announce Dibaajimo / Tells a Story, a new curated film series to coincide with a new Indigenous Film Course (WGST 3P79) taught by Assistant Professor Dr. Lyn Trudeau. To expand the potential reach and impact of her course, Dr. Trudeau has teamed up with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s programming team to curate a selection of titles covered in the course.

  Dr. Lyn Trudeau is from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, Eagle Clan. She is cross-appointed with Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology and affiliated with the Social Justice and Equity Program in which her work embodies a decolonial lens. This includes previous work/research with Elders, Indigenous youth, Indigenous teacher candidates, and residential schools. She feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours.

  Boy (2010) is the fourth film in the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story film series. Written and directed by Māori and Jewish filmmaker Taika Waititi, Boy tells the story of Boy (James Rolleston), an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984. Boy gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father (Waititi), who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

  Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 3:00pm
  FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
  250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON

  This event has reserved setting. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for Film House members. Visit the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series page at the Performing Arts Centre website to purchase a ticket and for details on all films in the series. Click here to read, download, or share the Press Release for this event.

  Presented by The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology.

  Learn more about the films in the series below:

  Read more

  Tags: Events, Films, Lyn Trudeau, WGST Faculty
  Categories: News and Events

• March 15, 2025 – Screening of “SGaawaay K’uuna / Edge of the Knife” for the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series

  Thursday, March 13, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology are proud to announce Dibaajimo / Tells a Story, a new curated film series to coincide with a new Indigenous Film Course (WGST 3P79) taught by Assistant Professor Dr. Lyn Trudeau. To expand the potential reach and impact of her course, Dr. Trudeau has teamed up with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s programming team to curate a selection of titles covered in the course.

  Dr. Lyn Trudeau is from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, Eagle Clan. She is cross-appointed with Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology and affiliated with the Social Justice and Equity Program in which her work embodies a decolonial lens. This includes previous work/research with Elders, Indigenous youth, Indigenous teacher candidates, and residential schools. She feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours.

  SGaawaay K’uuna / Edge of the Knife (2018) is the third film in the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story film series. In a 19th-century summer, two large families gather for their annual fishing retreat on the far-removed island of Haida Gwaii. Adiitsʹii (Tyler York), a charming nobleman, causes the accidental death of his best friend Kwa’s son and hastens into the wilderness. Adiitsʹii is tormented by what he has done and spirals into insanity, becoming Gaagiixiid, a supernatural being crazed by hunger. He unexpectedly survives the winter, and at next year’s gathering, the families try to convert Gaagiixiid, back to Adiitsʹii, while Kwa (Willy Russ) also wrestles with a desire for revenge. SGaawaay K’uuna / Edge of the Knife was co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw, a Haida artist and filmmaker, and Helen Haig-Brown a Tsilhqot’in filmmaker. It is the first feature film to be made entirely in the Haida language.

  Saturday, March 15, 2025, 2025, at 3:00pm
  FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
  250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON

  This event has reserved setting. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for Film House members. Visit the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series page at the Performing Arts Centre website to purchase a ticket and for details on all films in the series. Click here to read, download, or share the Press Release for this event.

  Presented by The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology.

  Learn more about the films in the series below:

  Read more

  Tags: Events, Films, Lyn Trudeau, WGST Faculty
  Categories: News and Events

• March 10, 2025 – “Letter to My Tribe” Film Screening, Q&A, and Palestinian Buffet

  Monday, February 24, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED) invites the Brock University community to a screening of Letter to My Tribe, a video essay by award-winning filmmaker and installation artist b.h. Yael.

  The film explores the question: Why don’t more Jews and Israelis speak out about Palestine? Using personal reflections, interwoven interviews with journalists, activists, and a rabbi, and documentation of actions in the West Bank, Iraq, and Poland, Yael examines the intersections of identity, history, and political responsibility.

  Following the screening, b.h. Yael will participate in a Q&A session, offering insights into the making of the film, the themes it addresses, and the broader conversations it aims to foster.

  b.h. Yael is a Professor of Integrated Media at OCAD University and an internationally recognized filmmaker whose work explores activism, geopolitical and environmental urgencies, and social justice. Her films have been exhibited in festivals, galleries, and academic institutions worldwide.

  Monday, March 10, 2025, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
  Sankey Chambers at Brock University

  For more information, contact PACHRED.

  Co-hosted by PACHRED, the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, the Social Justice Research Institute, and the Social Justice and Equity Studies MA Program.

  Tags: Buffet, Events, Films
  Categories: News and Events

• March 7, 2025 – “What Ales Us?” Film Screening, Panel, Discussion, and Lunch Buffet

  Monday, February 24, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for an International Women’s Day event: a film screening of What Ales Us?, followed by a panel and discussion on sexism and racism in Canada’s brewing industry. This event also includes a free lunch buffet.

  What Ales Us? is about two women (Ren Navarro and Erin Brandson) who reckon with a broken beer industry in Canada and start a movement to change it.

  Cathy van Ingen is a professor of Kinesiology at Brock University and is an independent documentary filmmaker based in the Niagara region. What Ales Us? is her first film. She will be joined by Ren Navarro and Erin Brandson for a panel and discussion after the event.

  Director Statement: As I watched the #MeToo-style reckoning unfolding in the craft beer industry, I was drawn to the stories of women, like Brienne Allen, Erin Brandson, and Ren Navarro, who began sharing experiences of sexual harassment, assault, homophobia, and racism. The stories included accusations against some of the beer world’s most acclaimed breweries. As I dug deeper into beer history, I learned that women used to dominate beer making – and I wanted to know what changed. This film explores the battle brewing in the industry and what happens to the women who speak out.

  Friday, March 7, 2025, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm
  Welch Hall Room 204 at Brock University

  Learn more about the film in The Brock News and RSVP to the event on ExperienceBU.

  Co-hosted by the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED); the Sexual Violence Prevention Committee; and the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies.

  Tags: Buffet, Events, Films, International Women's Day, Panels
  Categories: News and Events

• February 15, 2025 – Screening of “Abducted” for the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series

  Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology are proud to announce Dibaajimo / Tells a Story, a new curated film series to coincide with a new Indigenous Film Course (WGST 3P79) taught by Assistant Professor Dr. Lyn Trudeau. To expand the potential reach and impact of her course, Dr. Trudeau has teamed up with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s programming team to curate a selection of titles covered in the course.

  Dr. Lyn Trudeau is from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, Eagle Clan. She is cross-appointed with Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology and affiliated with the Social Justice and Equity Program in which her work embodies a decolonial lens. This includes previous work/research with Elders, Indigenous youth, Indigenous teacher candidates, and residential schools. She feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours.

  Abducted (2021) is the second film in the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story film series. Written and directed by Daniel Foreman, a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Abducted tells the story of how an inner-city teenage boy’s life turned upside-down when his drug-running sister goes missing. Lakota’s (Olivia Kate Iatridis) sudden disappearance leaves Derrick (Joel Oulette) to piece together the clues of her abduction. Derrick experiences visions which he struggles to understand but which help him on his quest to find her. As he gets close to finding his sister, Derrick ends up in the fight of his life.

  Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 3:00pm
  FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
  250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON

  This event has reserved setting. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for Film House members. Visit the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series page at the Performing Arts Centre website to purchase a ticket and for details on all films in the series. Click here to read, download, or share the Press Release for this event.

  Presented by The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology.

  Learn more about the films in the series below:

  Read more

  Tags: Events, Films, Lyn Trudeau, WGST Faculty
  Categories: News and Events

• January 19, 2025 – Screening of “Reel Injun” for the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series

  Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology are proud to announce Dibaajimo / Tells a Story, a new curated film series to coincide with a new Indigenous Film Course (WGST 3P79) taught by Assistant Professor Dr. Lyn Trudeau. To expand the potential reach and impact of her course, Dr. Trudeau has teamed up with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s programming team to curate a selection of titles covered in the course.

  Dr. Lyn Trudeau is from Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, Eagle Clan. She is cross-appointed with Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology and affiliated with the Social Justice and Equity Program in which her work embodies a decolonial lens. This includes previous work/research with Elders, Indigenous youth, Indigenous teacher candidates, and residential schools. She feels it is important to honour her cultural background; therefore, embeds Indigenous knowledge and ways of being in her classrooms and research endeavours.

  The first film in the series will be Reel Injun (2009). In this feature-length documentary, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of North American Indigenous people throughout a century of cinema. Featuring hundreds of clips from old classics as well as recent releases, the film traces the evolution of the “Hollywood Indian.”

  Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 3:00pm
  FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
  250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON

  This event has reserved setting. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $8 for Film House members. Visit the Dibaajimo / Tells a Story Film Series page at the Performing Arts Centre website to purchase a ticket and for details on all films in the series. Click here to read, download, or share the Press Release for this event.

  Presented by The Film House and Brock University’s Centre for Women and Gender Studies and Department of Sociology.

  Learn more about the films in the series below:

  Read more

  Tags: Events, Films, Lyn Trudeau, WGST Faculty
  Categories: News and Events

• November 19, 2024 – “Israelism” Film Screening, Q&A, and Palestinian Buffet

  Friday, October 25, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for an in-person screening of the award-winning documentary film Israelism and a Palestinian buffet, followed by a virtual Q&A with co-director Sam Eilertsen.

  Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
  Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
  15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines, ON

  Admission is free. Register through ExperinceBU, Kinema, or at the door. Visit Kinema for information about public parking.

  For more information, contact: [email protected].

  Download a PDF of this poster to share here.

  Co-sponsored/endorsed by Independent Jewish Voices Hamilton; Jewish Faculty Network; Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel; Silver Spire United Church; Brock University: Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; Faculty for Palestine; Indigenous Educational Studies; President’s Advisory Committee for Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization; Social Justice and Equity Studies MA Program; Social Justice Research Institute.

  Visit Israelism Film for full film details, or learn more about the film and Sam Eilertsen below:
  

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  Tags: Events, Films
  Categories: News and Events

• March 27, 2024 – “The Future is Noir: Alienation, Resentment, and Cyclicality in Indigenous Futurism on Film” with Dr. Tyson Steward

  Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Future is Noir: Alienation, Resentment, and Cyclicality in Indigenous Futurism on Film

  Blending cultural analysis and socio-political critique, Dr. Tyson Stewart explores the themes of biskaabiiyang and criminality in Indigenous futurism on film and draws connections between expressions of alienation and resentment in classic film noir and contemporary Indigenous filmmaking.

  Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
  Thistle Complex Room 147 at Brock University

  Cosponsored by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED), Social Justice Research Institute, and Indigenous Educational Studies.

  Tags: Events, Films, Presentations
  Categories: News and Events

• March 20, 2023 – “Witness, Testimony, and Prophecy: A Discussion In and On Story,” presented by Annette Daniels-Taylor

  Monday, March 20, 2023 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for a presentation by Annette Daniels-Taylor, “Witness, Testimony, and Prophecy: A Discussion In and On Story,” featuring her short biographical film Rose Dies Friday (2019). Rose Dies Friday explores the story of slave-girl Rose Butler, born in 1799. She was the last person hung for arson in New York State, in what is now Washington Square Park, 1818.

  Annette Daniels Taylor’s art practice explores storytelling. She is an award-winning writer and an active Buffalo, New York theatre artist directing, acting, and writing stage productions. As a filmmaker Annette’s cinematic poems have screened in festivals and exhibited in the United States and internationally. Annette teaches Writing for Broadcast at SUNY Buffalo State University and acting with D’Youville University’s Dramatic Theature Arts MFA program.

  Monday, March 20, 2023, from 11:30am to 12:30pm
  South Block Room 201 at Brock University

  Co-sponsored by the Centre for Women and Gender Studies, Social Justice Research Institute, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of Sociology, and the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED).

  Tags: Events, Films, Presentations
  Categories: News and Events