Join us for FREE film screenings and talkbacks with the filmmakers and subjects of these films. Three films will be shown back to back, Air Show, Ride for Promise and Film Club. Registration is located in the lobby of the George Vari Engineering & Computing Center. Volunteers will assist you with directions.

Air Show: Written and directed by Maya Bastian, ‘Air Show’ is a short hybrid fiction that investigates the experience of newly-arrived Toronto refugees who experience the Canadian Air Show for the first time. The film aims to explore the intersection of Canadian culture and tradition with our ever-evolving climate of diversity.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/227480848

Ride for Promise: Former CFL prospect Curtis Carmichael embarks on a nation-wide adventure - cycling from Vancouver to Halifax - to challenge Canadians on their perceptions of racialized youth growing up in marginalized communities. Ride for Promise follows an inspiring young man determined to flip the narrative on race, privilege and poverty.

Trailer: http://www.tazamedia.com/watch-ride-for-promise

Film Club: When grade 8 teacher, eager to pass along his love of cinema, organized an after-school film club, it attracted a handful of immigrant kids eager to embrace their new country. Stimulating and creative, the club provided a safe haven from schoolyard taunts and the harsh world around them. Together they made an award-winning 8mm short film called Ohh Canada. It captured the spirit of a fresh start – everything was new and anything was possible.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/266762594