Roots and Redress
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Roots and Redress

This event is part of The Connect Fest Burnaby. A free, multi-day celebration of lifelong learning by community, April 26-30, 2024

By Connect Fest Burnaby

Date and time

Tue, Apr 30, 2024 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM PDT

Location

James Cowan Theatre

6450 Deer Lake Avenue Burnaby, BC V5G 2J3 Canada

About this event

  • 2 hours

Roots and Redress

Explore history, memory, and redress through two films that explore historical themes through family stories.

The event will begin with the premiere screening of a film about local activist Gim Wong who rode his motorcycle from Vancouver to Ottawa in 2005 to demand redress for Chinese Canadians who had been charged a head tax to enter Canada between 1885 and 1923. Following the film, a panel discussion with the filmmakers will provide an opportunity to learn more about the process behind creating the film.

Following the panel, there will be a screening of All Our Father's Relations, a documentary that features the story of the Grant siblings, who journey from Vancouver to China in an attempt to rediscover their father’s roots and better understand his fractured relationship with their Musqueam mother.

Presented as part of Connect Fest Burnaby.

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Connect Fest Burnaby

Co-presented by Simon Fraser University and the City of Burnaby, in participation with many local Burnaby organizations, Connect Fest is a week-long series of free events, featuring performances, lectures, discussions, tours, and more, all designed to inform, engage, and spark creative conversations among Burnaby’s vibrant and diverse audiences.

At Connect Fest, we think of community engagement as an inclusive form of knowledge-making and knowledge-sharing characterized by respect and reciprocity. This doesn’t only happen at Connect Fest—the City of Burnaby welcomes your ideas and input all year round.