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Drift Newsletter – April / May 2021 Presidents 2020 - 2021: Cathie Clinch

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE There is no specific theme for today’s coffee By Cathie Clinch morning. There is a list of the movies nominated for Best Picture in the 2021 OSCARS further in the Drift Newsletters. We may discuss movies that we have been watching or streaming.

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Tuesday, May 18th: BC Travel log zoom Greetings Ladies… Spring is Here! Coffee Morning We thought it would be fun if we could to a We hope you and your loved ones and friends Travel BC travel log, as we hope to be able to are still Healthy amid the COVID challenges. lift some travel restrictions this coming summer. The Good News is every day more of us are If you have been to any interesting places in BC getting "the jab". And we can finally be that you think others would like to learn about, with family outside. consider sharing a story of your trip there. We can screen share and you can show photos of We realize this past year has been very stressful your trip, a little video clip of your adventure – on all levels. But the Mining Women are whatever you are most comfortable with. resourceful Women! If you learned something new, accomplished a long-term goal or Time: 10:00am PDT had a positive experience during the past year please share with Editor Dawn. It would Join Zoom Meeting be good to share how we coped with covid! I am sure there were some funny moments. June 15th: Save this Date for Annual Please see the details of our upcoming virtual General Meeting via Zoom events. If and when things change, we will keep you informed. We will be having our AGM meeting by Keep Healthy! Stay Safe! zoom this year due to the ongoing COVID- We are in this together! 19 pandemic. A zoom link will be set up and emailed to you closer to the date.

PROGRAMMES: MEMBERSHIP Until we are able to meet in person, we will try We have no new members to welcome at this to do a monthly zoom coffee morning. We will time. If you have any changes to your try to have a ‘theme’ or purpose to each information (i.e., physical address, email meeting. If anyone has any suggestions of address, telephone numbers), please contact books, movies, travel experiences that they Noni Langdale by email at would like to share, please consider emailing Nancy Christopher at

Tuesday, April 20th: Zoom Coffee Morning

Please direct questions, comments or contributions to Dawn Russell 604-988-4074 or [email protected]

Are you needing a new name tag?? An order is about to be submitted to THE FATHER: (David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, producers order new name tags and if Starring and Olivia Colman you would like a nametag Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60wDuQMJ ordered for you, contact l2Q Wanda Pickell by email, Available for viewing: Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube and Video on Cost is $8 per nametag. Demand Rotten Tomato Score: 98%, Audience Score: 90% JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH: (Shaka CORRESPONDENCE King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, If you know of any member who has had an producers) illness, birth, special anniversary, or other event Starring Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield where it would be appropriate to send a card, Movie trailer: please call Mary Leathley at 604-921-3318. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjtGqRXQ 9Y Available for rent: Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Google Play and Video on Demand Rotten Tomato Score: 96%, Audience Score: 95% BOOKS THAT WE ARE READING MANK: (Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas A great way to read e-books right now is Urbanski, producers) through the free LIBBY app available on iPad Starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily and Android devices as it is supported by 80% Collins of the public library systems across Canada. It Movie trailer: is fantastic; I u https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSfX-nrg-lI se it all the time to borrow e-books and Available for viewing on and Apple TV audiobooks from the library all the time. Rotten Tomato Score: 83%, Audience Score: 60%

https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/ MINARI: (Chistina Oh, producer)

Starring: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim,

Noel Kate Cho, and Yuh-Jung Youn Another great way to download and read ebooks Movie trailer: is through goodreads.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ0gFidlro

8 If any of the membership has read a great book Available for rent on Apple TV, Amazon Prime recently, please email Dawn Russell at Video, Google Play and YouTube [email protected] so that we can share the Rotten Tomato Score: 98%, Audience Score: 88% title with others.

NOMADLAND: (Frances McDormand, Peter SHOWS THAT WE ARE WATCHING Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé These are the list of films nominated for best Zhao, producers) picture for the 2021 Academy Award: Starring Frances McDormand (just hit the blue print line while viewing on your Movie trailer: computer to be taken straight to view the movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxCFZ8_d trailer on your computer) 84

Available on Disney+ and Hulu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVb6EdKD Rotten Tomato Score: 94%, Audience Score: 82% BfU Available for viewing: Netflix Rotten Tomato Score: 89%, Audience Score: 91% PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN: (Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, producers) For a full list of the films nominated in all Starring Carey Mulligan categories, see Movie trailer: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5kiFDunk oscars-nominations-list-nominees- 8 1234928711/ Available rent on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play and YouTube Rotten Tomato Score: 90%, Audience Score: 87% Another movie that was watched recently, and we really enjoyed it was THE BIGGEST THE : (Bert Hamelinck LITTLE FARM on Netflix. It is about a couple and Sacha Ben Harroche, producers) who make a promise to leave the big city and a Starring and Olivia Cooke life in perfect harmony with nature; like a Movie Trailer: traditional farm from the past. The movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOrGkAvj follows the couple over the next 7 years as they AE transform a under producing old Available for viewing: Amazon Prime Video Movie Trailer: Rotten Tomato Score: 97%, Audience Score: 90% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDTM4Jx

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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7: (Marc

Platt and Stuart Besser, producers) DATES TO REMEMBER Starring , Alex Sharp, Sacha April 20th Zoom Coffee Morning Baron Cohen and May 16th Zoom Coffee Morning Movie Trailer: June 15th Zoom Annual General Meeting