May / June 2015

Special Events We Rise Above: New Films on Human Rights

Gimme Some Truth Canadian & International Features Documentary Festival Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Reflecting Light: NEW WORLD DOCUMENTARIES 40 Years of Canadian Cinema Red Army

www.winnipegcinematheque.com May/June Staff Picks

disappearance of young Aboriginal women along BC’s Highway 16. You don’t want to miss That Guy Dick Miller (June 26–28),the most important character actor in early classic sci-fi and horror films who will be interviewed on opening night via Skype by Winnipeg writer Caelum Vatnsdal who is writing a biography of Miller. And if you liked Jodorowsky’s Dune you will absolutely love Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (June 11–25)! —Dave Barber, Cinematheque Programming Coordinator

I enjoy hockey but even if you don't, I would suggest coming down to watch Red Army (May 16–24). It's an interesting topic about the Cold War played out on the rink and like the quote says “it's a sports doc for people who don't give a darn about sports.” Watch the trailer and you'll see why. ↑ Left to right: Heidi Phillips, Kristy Muckosky, Jaimz Asmundson, Dave Barber, and Cecilia Araneda. Photo by Leif Norman. The films in the We Rise Above series are all intriguing, (unfortunately) timely and will Having spent two years developing, planning controversial Not a Love Story: A Film About make us walk away a little less ignorant and producing Reflecting Light (May 6–9), Pornography, as well as Academy Award to each subject. Lastly, Sugar Coated (part the Winnipeg Film Group’s 40th anniversary nominated, New York-based Sam Green of Gimme Some Truth, May 28–31) “exposes forum, I admit to being biased about my who will deliver a documentary filmmaking the sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of staff pick for this program guide. Reflecting master class series and introduce a program scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is, Light is a one-of-a-kind event that combines of his work. For this year’s festival, we will in fact, toxic.” After watching the film, I urged screenings and panel discussions to consider be partnering with the Bell Media Best of Jaimz to include it in the lineup, knowing the roots of organizations across Canada Hot Docs to bring you some of the best that there are other “non-sugar” folks out like the Winnipeg Film Group (known as new docs of the year including The Amina there like me. I applaud the crusaders (and “production centres” in the sector) and what Profile, a surprising story of online love, main characters of the film) for fighting for the future holds for us. We will feature a wide lies and betrayal, which literally made me truth on this unpopular subject. — Kristy range of speakers, including Steve Gravestock, jump out of my seat—it is not only of the Muckosky, Cinematheque Operations Manager a programmer for the Toronto International most visually striking and riveting docs I Film Festival; Jean Pierre Lefebvre, one of have seen in some time, but it has so many The first film to catch my eye this summer Canada’s most accomplished filmmakers; and shocking twists and turns that it will leave is set in the frozen landscape of Minnesota. Winnipeg’s own Danishka Esterhazy. Even if you dizzy. — Jaimz Asmundson, Cinematheque Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (May 14–22) you’re not a Winnipeg film insider, we would Programming Director follows a Japanese woman along her journey love for you to join us! — Cecilia Araneda, to find the treasure from the Cohen brothers' Executive Director So many great films to choose from in May filmFargo that she mistakes as a documentary. and June. I recommend that you try to see The compelling story stems from a few true May/June is stuffed to the gills with stellar some of the powerful new human rights films facts and was made into a documentary films and special events! I’m very excited in the We Rise Above series such as Granny film called This is a True Story in 2003 about to announce that we will have legendary Power (May 10), the hilarious and poignant a Japanese woman that freezes to death Canadian activist-filmmaker Bonnie Sherr story of the Raging Grannies—a group of near Fargo. This fascinating premise caught Klein in the house for the Gimme Some Truth older women fighting for peace and social the Zellner brothers' attention and has truly Documentary Festival (May 28–31). She will justice as well as Highway of Tears (May inspired some stunning visuals. — Heidi introduce a pair of her films including the 13–17), a hard hitting documentary about the Phillips, Cinematheque Head Projectionist

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Mark Borowski Programs Coordinator

2 staff picks New World Documentaries

↑ Red Army

Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame The Last Pogo Jumps Again Red Army Directed by Tony Girardin Directed by Colin Brunton & Kire Paputts Directed by Gabe Polsky 2014, Canada, 76 min 2013, Canada, 200 min 2014, USA, 76 min

Friday, May 1 / 7 pm Friday, May 1 / 8:45 pm Saturday, May 16 / 7 pm Saturday, May 2 / 3 pm Saturday, May 2 / 7 pm Wednesday, May 20 / 7 pm Sunday, May 3 / 3 pm & 7 pm Thursday & Friday, May 21 & 22 / 9 pm London had the Sex Pistols, New York had the Saturday, May 23 / 9 pm Saturday, May 23 / 7 pm Ramones, and Toronto had a punk movement Sunday, May 24 / 7 pm Sunday, May 24 / 3 pm all its own. The film traces the evolution of "An incredibly entertaining and moving film Toronto from small town to big city and its "Offers a compact and vivid summary filled with laughter and passion. Watching pop/counterculture lifestyle during the early of recent Russian history" Marinoni will remind you how important it is and mid-70s. It centers on the first wave of — AO Scott, New York Times to have passion in everything that you do." Toronto punk rock and new wave music, from From Academy Award nominated and Emmy — TORONTO FILM SCENE the Ramones playing The New Yorker Theatre award-winning filmmaker Gabe Polsky, Red in ‘76 to the police shutting down Teenage For cycling fans, his name is nothing less Army documents the Soviet Union and the Head and causing a riot at the Horseshoe than legendary. In 1964 when he was 25, most successful dynasty in sports history: Tavern’s infamous “The Last Pogo” concert in Giuseppe Marinoni left his native Italy for the Red Army hockey team. Told from the December 1978. a bike race. Not only did he get countless perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, Canadians interested in the sport, he went on the story portrays his transformation from to become one of the most passionate and national hero to political enemy. An inspiring trusted bicycle builders in the world. Now story about the Cold War played out on the ice 75, the man with “a character of iron and rink, and a man who stood up to a powerful the soul of an angel” is as driven as ever, and system and paved the way for change for plans to break the world record for distance generations of Russians. cycled in one hour for his age group, a record held by Eddy Merckx.

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↑ Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s That Guy Dick Miller Island of Dr. Moreau Directed by Elijah Drenner Directed by David Gregory 2013, USA, 91 min 2014, UK, 97 min Friday & Saturday, June 26 & 27 / 9 pm Thursday–Saturday, June 11 – 13 / 9 pm Sunday, June 28 / 7 pm Thursday, June 25 / 9 pm Skype Q&A with Dick Miller on June 26. The outlandish rumors behind the making of the 1996 sci-fi/horror Introduced by Winnipeg filmmaker and writer (They Came from Within: mish-mosh The Island of Dr. Moreau are the stuff of legend: a brilliant The History of Canadian Horror) Caelum Vatnsdal who is currently writing director who, after being fired at the end of the first day of shooting, a biography of cult B movie legend Dick Miller. clandestinely sneaks back onto the set disguised as a “mutant animal” extra; actress Fairuza Balk fleeing across Australia to try and escape “Wildly entertaining, extremely enjoyable, well-paced and the scene and Marlon Brando insisting on appearing in whiteface and informative.”— ROGEREBERT.COM demanding that the world’s tiniest living human become his co-star. If the name was brought up you would be hard pressed to say who This new doc reveals how filmmaker Richard Stanley’s vision was Dick Miller is but if you saw any of these movies - The Howling, The blown to pieces by an unreal conflagration of epically bad decisions, Terminator, Gremlins, An American Werewolf in London or Rock ‘N’ Roll High torrential weather, giant battling egos, clueless studio suits and bizarre School - you would recognize him in a second. Miller excelled in small group behavior. A must-see for all fans of behind-the-scenes movie but memorable roles ranging from a vacuum-cleaner salesman (Not madness! of This Earth) to occult-bookshop owner (The Howling). Appearing in over 175 movies and an endless list of TV series, That Guy Dick Miller is a beautifully made and surprisingly funny documentary featuring rare film clips and interviews with Miller’s directors John Sayles, Joe Dante, and Roger Corman.

Community Screening CINCO DE MAYO: LA BATALLA (The Battle) Saturday, May 2 / 12 pm

Presented by Mex Y Can Association of Manitoba Inc. / May 5, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.

4 canadian & International features Canadian & International Features

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Phoenix Directed by David Zellner Directed by Christian Petzold 2014, USA, 105 min 2014, Germany, 98 min German w/English subtitles Thursday & Friday, May 14 & 15 / 8:45 pm Saturday, May 16 / 3 pm & 8:45 pm Friday–Sunday, June 5–7 / 7 pm Sunday, May 17 / 7 pm Wednesday–Friday, June 10–12 / 7 pm Thursday & Friday, May 21 & 22 / 7 pm Saturday, June 13 / 3 pm Sunday, June 14 / 7 pm “A very beautiful, deep and touching film.” — WERNER HERZOG Sunday, June 21 / 3 pm “One of the best films to ever premiere at Sundance.” “Stunning… the best film of the 2014 Toronto International Film — David Ehrlich, film.com Festival… Unforgettable.” — BRIAN TALLERICO, ROGEREBERT.COM In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award nominee Rinko Both a powerful allegory for post-war regeneration and a rich Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a lonely Japanese woman Hitchcockian tale of mistaken identity, Phoenix once again proves that whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. German filmmaker Christian Petzold and his favorite star, Nina Hoss, She becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of the are clearly one of the best director-actor duos working in movies popular film Fargo she’s mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a today. Like their last collaboration and Academy Award nominated scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried by the Steve Buscemi film Barbara, this pared-down period piece uses one woman’s character in the desolate, frozen landscape of Minnesota. Believing harrowing story to explore Germany’s troubled past, though in this this treasure to be real, she escapes her structured life in Tokyo case the setting is WWII and the heroine is a concentration camp and embarks on a foolhardy quest and finds herself on a dangerous survivor returning to Berlin in search of her lost husband. The plot adventure unlike anything she’s seen in the movies. alone would probably make this latest effort worthy enough, but it’s the masterly craftsmanship and performances that reveal Petzold to be at the top of his game, slowly but surely building his narrative towards an absolute knockout of a finale.

Community Screening THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN PILECKI Tuesday, May 5 / 7:30 pm

Presented by The Canadian Polish Congress / Capt. Witold Pilecki, a hero in World War II, works in the anti-Communist underground in Poland where he is arrested, tortured and executed. The film tells the story of Witold’s fate at the hands of the Communist government after the end of WWII. Free Admission.

canadian & International features 5 Shorts & Artist Talks

↑ expect something and nothing at once ↑ Time Away ↑ Collapsed

Wednesday, June 3 / 7 pm Curated by Cecilia Araneda A Geography of Words: This merging of poetry and cinema presents a map of desire and loss, memory landscapes, the physical embedding of words, a lingering sense of the unattainable, and “things that used Short Poetry Films to be true.”

expect something and nothing at once / Time Away / Dir. Aubriand (Carole O’Brien), Sandpiper / Dir. John Scott, 2014, Canada, Dir. Michelle Elrick, 2013, Canada, 3.5 min / 2006, Canada, 7 min / Three guides accompany 3.5 min / Based on the poem written by Elizabeth Poet Elrick approaches home through blanket us on a road trip away from time... and towards Bishop in 1965, this film playfully evokes the forts, poetry and collected sounds in this stark and the transformative end of the road, space. sandpiper’s worldview and the spirit of the poem’s beautiful film from the Canadian prairie. searching motif. REPÈRES / Dir. Karoline Georges, 2011–2015, IKWÉ / Dir. Caroline Monnet, 2009, Canada, Canada, 8.5 min / 22 tableaux from Vancouver Dog Sitting in Eastern Passage / 4.5 min / An experimental film that weaves the and Toronto each present a poetic suggestion, in Dir. Martha Cooley, 2013, Canada, 2.5 min / narrative of one woman’s intimate thoughts with French, integrated into the urban environment. Through a series of hand-written poems the teachings of her grandmother, the Moon. scattered across the landscape of Eastern Primiti Too Taa / Dirs. Ed Ackerman and Passage Nova Scotia, a story emerges of Someone Who is Not Like Anyone / Colin Morton, 1986, Canada, 3 min / A delightful heartbreak and hope. Dir. Aeyliya Husain, 2015, Canada, 6 min / animated poem made with only a typewriter and Super-8 footage of Iran from 15 years ago is simple vocal messages, based on the 1920s sound Collapsed / Dir. Kaoru Ryan Klatt, 2014, combined with the poem by Farough Farookhzad, poem Ursonate (Sonata in Primitive Sounds) by the Canada, 12 min / Set in an endless landscape a 20th century Iranian feminist poet, offering a German avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters. of wheat fields, a mother who has lost her young girl’s statement of hope. son for reasons beyond her control pushes Tonight Is for the Trees / Dir. Matthew down the walls of her home for a better view Hayes, 2014, Canada, 3 min / A short film based and a runway to fly up into the clear blue. on the spoken-word of poet Sasha Patterson.

The Envoi Poetry Festival (EPF), May 29 – June 5, 2015 at the Forks, celebrates Canadian poetry; bringing Indigenous, Francophone, and western Canadian poets and spoken word artists to national attention. envoifound.com/about

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↓ Funny Thing

↓ The Red Hood

↑ Heart of the World

↑Two 4 One Reflecting 40 Years of Light Canadian Cinema From May 6–9, Cinematheque will host a This event features panel discussions with Full Forum Pass: $70 national forum that uses the Winnipeg Film leading Canadian filmmakers, programmers SCREENINGS & SEMINAR Pass: $30 Group’s 40th Anniversary as a starting point and art professionals on topics that examine to explore how the landscape of Canadian the evolution of the independent filmmaking 40 x 40 Cocktail Party: $40 cinema has developed over the past decades practice in Canada, as well as new contexts for Individual Screenings: and how it is currently evolving. This forum supporting creative innovation in the future. Regular Cinematheque admission prices will also take a critical look at the role and Please go to reflectinglight.ca for more (pending seating availability) relevance of the now 40-year-old national extensive information on the forum program, film production centre system in fostering Panels: Free to All for programming and event updates, and filmmaking communities and voices across to buy online passes and tickets. Special Canada. event pricing in effect. Additional off-site programming is listed at reflectinglight.ca

The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the funding of the Canada Council for the Arts for this anniversary program. In partnership with On Screen Manitoba & Urban Shaman Gallery

special events 7 Reflecting Light

PANEL: Prairie Postmodernists & New Wave Pioneers

Wednesday, May 6 / 5 pm

The 1980s were a frontier of new opportunity for Canadian filmmakers. The Toronto New Wave and Prairie Postmodernism emerged as two filmmaking movements that characterize this era in Anglo- Canadian cinema. New funding and programming initiatives promoted the trajectories of these independent Canadian directors, many of ↑ Crime Wave whom remained working in Canada. This panel will consider the unique conditions that existed at the time to foster the talents of Anglo-Canadian directors, as well as their collective influence on the generations of filmmakers that came after them. ↑ Don't Let It Kill You Speakers: Dave Barber, Steve Gravestock, Midi Onodera, John Paizs, Geoff Pevere and Jonathan Ball (moderator)

SCREENING: Crime Wave Dir. John Paizs, 1985, Canada, 80 min PANEL: Aspects of Winnipeg and Québec Cinema

Wednesday, May 6 / 7 pm Thursday, May 7 / 9 pm

“One of the greatest and yet most perversely overlooked debuts in In the context of a pan-national Canadian cinema, Québec cinema English Canadian movie history, writer-director John Paizs’s Crime stands out for achieving a dynamic and unique filmmaking culture. Wave announced the birth of a new genre in Canuck cinema: what Winnipeg filmmakers, too (to a smaller degree), are often recognized cultural critic Geoff Pevere dubbed ‘prairie postmodernism.’” Steve( for having a profoundly singular aesthetic. What accounts for these Gravestock, TIFF). The Winnipeg Film Group is pleased to be able to distinctive creative milieus and are there parallels in their development? present a newly struck DCP remaster of this film. This panel compares the unique contexts of Winnipeg and Québec cinema which have evolved over the past 40 years and investigates PANEL: The Rise of the Film Production Centre System the particular influences that have worked to shape them. It also raises the question of how real or significant the role of regional production Thursday, May 7 / 5 pm centres can be in cultivating a recognizable creative aesthetic.

For 40 years, Canadian independent filmmakers have been sustained Speakers: Dave Barber, Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Danny Lennon, in their practice through centres founded by filmmakers in the late Caroline Monnet and Matthew Rankin (moderator) 1970s and early 1980s. Without these organizations, the creation of an independent Canadian cinema would have been difficult, if PANEL: Canadian Women Directors not almost impossible, to achieve. This panel examines what’s been achieved over time through the production centre system and what Friday, May 8 / 12 pm its role should be in the future landscape of Canadian filmmaking. For decades, women have been creating films of significance in a Speakers: Lulu Keating, Jean Pierre Lefebvre, William D. wide range of genres. Yet important questions are often raised about MacGillivray, Elise Swerhone and Andrew Burke (moderator) the nature of exposure and support for their aims and achievements. This panel will look at the status of women’s filmmaking in different SCREENING: Pihtâkosiwin (Voice Being Heard) regions across the country and examine how their works have been represented in the broader cultural conversation. Additionally, this Thursday, May 7 / 7 pm panel will consider contexts for the future when it comes to bringing the voices and visions of Canadian women filmmakers to a national These recent shorts by Canadian Indigenous filmmakers reflect and international audience. on the notion of language and written and spoken word as mechanisms of giving voice. Works include Empty (Jackie Traverse), Speakers: Danishka Esterhazy, Steve Gravestock, Lulu Keating, The Amendment (Kevin Papatie), Spirit of the Bluebird (Xtine Cook Michelle Latimer, Midi Onodera and Penny McCann (moderator) and Jesse Couchey), Burning An Effigy (Jaimie Isaac), INDIAN (Darryl Nepinak), 10 (Dana Claxton) and Nikamowin (Song) (Kevin Lee RECEPTION: 40 x 40 Burton). Curated by Cecilia Araneda. Friday, May 8 / 4 pm

Join us at the Black Lodge (3rd floor, upstairs from the Cinematheque) ↓ Pihtâkosiwin (Voice Being Heard) for the WFG’s official 40th anniversary behind-the-scenes cocktail party! This event is a fundraiser for our Production Centre, which has been developing and supporting Manitoba’s independent filmmakers for 40 years. Admission is included with a full forum pass, or individual tickets are available at $40. *Tax receipt of $25 will be provided.

8 special events SCREENING: Don’t Let it Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) Dir. Jean Pierre Lefebvre, 1967, Canada, 75 min

Friday, May 8 / 7 pm

The first Canadian film to ever be screened at Cannes, director Jean Pierre Lefebvre’s Don’t Let it Kill You is about a child-like man of 30 who dreams of transforming the course of events while living in his little world with a motley collection of insects, comic book cut-outs, ↑ Getting Started miniature planes in birdcages and books in the fridge.

SCREENING: Pathways ↑ Tkaronto

Friday, May 8 / 9 pm

These shorts by Canadian women directors reflect on journeys taken through physical pathways and mindscapes, moments of motion and stasis and the intersection of perception versus reality. Works include The Red Hood (Danishka Esterhazy), Off Route 2 (Amanda Dawn Christie), SCREENING: Tkaronto The Underground (Michelle Latimer), The Grand Design (Midi Onodera) Dir. Shane Belcourt, 2007, Canada, 105 min and Nose and Tina (Norma Bailey). Curated by Cecilia Araneda. Saturday, May 9 / 3 pm PANEL: The Impact of Changing Technologies Tkaronto is a provocative exploration of two Aboriginal thirty-somethings caught in the urban crossroads. For Jolene and Ray, their chance meeting Saturday, May 9 / 11 am enables them to reveal their hopes, dreams, fears and failures and realize Embracing the challenge of changing technologies often places their common struggle: to stake claim to their urban Aboriginal identity. independent filmmakers and their works at the leading edge of artistic innovation. This panel looks at how decades of emergent SCREENING: Getting Started new technologies in production and presentation have influenced independent filmmaking in regions across Canada—and how well Saturday, May 9 / 5 pm film production centres have responded to change. This panel will This program of shorts by founders and early members of the Winnipeg also explore the expanding universe of creative platforms that allow Film Group, AFCOOP (Halifax) and NIFCO (St. John’s) reflects on filmmakers to experiment with new artistic strategies, alongside the Canadian independent filmmaking as it was just getting started. choices that some filmmakers have made to revive and rework older Works include Funny Things People Can Do to Themselves (Lulu Keating), formats and means of production. Sisters of the Silver Scalpel (Mike Jones), Getting Started (Richard Speakers: Irene Bindi, Matthew Rankin, Jason Ryle and Alicia Condie), Havakeen Lunch (Elise Swerhone) and Linda Joy (William D. Smith (moderator) MacGillivray). Curated by Cecilia Araneda.

PANEL: Indigenous Views of Film Production Centres SCREENING: Two 4 One Dir. Maureen Bradley, 2014, Canada, 74 min Saturday, May 9 / 1 pm Saturday, May 9 / 7 pm Historically, the film production centre system has had difficulty in adequately fostering diversity. This panel explores what film production Maureen Bradley’s debut feature film, Two 4 One, is about a centres across the country are doing today to support the work of transgendered man wrestling with the state of his life — an Indigenous filmmakers. How relevant are those supports at this point in unfulfilling job, mixed feelings for his ex, and a mother yearning for time? Do they actively foster the work of Indigenous filmmakers? Going grandchildren – when he suddenly finds himself unexpectedly forward, the question is how production centres and other agencies pregnant. should anticipate and respond to the significant and expanding presence of Indigenous filmmakers in Canada. SCREENING: Winnipeg, Québec

Speakers: Shane Belcourt, Michelle Latimer, Caroline Monnet, Saturday, May 9 / 9 pm Darryl Nepinak, Jason Ryle and Jenny Western (moderator) This program of short films reflects on the largeness and complexity of subject that can at times connect Winnipeg and Québec cinema. Works include Piwi (Jean-Claude Lauzon), Heart of the World (Guy Maddin), Hydro-Lévesque (Matthew Rankin), Next Floor (Denis Villeneuve), Motus Maestro (Carole O’Brien) and La Mallette Noire (Caroline Monnet and Daniel Watchorn). Curated by Cecilia Araneda.

↓ La Mallette Noire

special events 9 Special Events We Rise Above New Films on Human Rights

In partnership with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The 3rd We Rise Above film series explores issues in freedom, human rights and the need to eradicate racism and injustice. Premieres include a vitally important film on the murder and disappearances of young Aboriginal women along British Columbia's Highway 16 and Ai Weiwei returns with his ongoing forces of censorship in China. The series also contains many tales of courage and human dignity with an entertaining and thought-provoking look at the Raging Grannies movement, a group of older women who refuse to sit down and let life pass them by.

Series Pass: $35 General / $25 for members

Granny Power The Hunting Ground Directed by Jocelyne Clark & Magnus Isacsson Directed by Kirby Dick 2014, Canada, 78 min 2015, USA, 90 min

Sunday, May 10 / 3 pm & 7 pm Thursday, June 4 / 7 pm Friday, June 5 / 9 pm An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the “Raging Grannies” Saturday, June 6 / 3 pm movement as they fight for peace, social justice and the environment. We get to understand what motivates them, see the broad range of Heartbreaking, infuriating and unmissable. Documentarian Kirby the causes they embrace and how they have indeed found the recipe Dick, who took on rape in the U.S. military in 2012’s acclaimed The for eternal youth. The film follows granny actions that have taken place Invisible War, turns to the epidemic of sexual assault on American across North America in the past decade, and brings us into the lives of college campuses—and the thornier issue of how and why schools several witty, energetic and committed grannies as they celebrate the don’t prosecute or even pursue the vast majority of reported cases. 25th anniversary of the movement. With disarming smiles and biting The emotional pull of the personal stories here is undeniable, but lyrics they challenge authorities and stereotypes alike. the hard data is equally damning: brick by brick, this film carefully and methodically builds the case that an integral part of our higher- Highway of Tears education system isn’t just blemished but broken. Directed by Matt Smiley 2014, Canada, 76 min One Gay City: A History of LGBT Life in Winnipeg Directed by Aaron Floresco Wednesday - Friday, May 13 - 15 / 7 pm 2014, Canada, 62 min Sunday, May 17 / 3 pm Thursday, June 4 / 9 pm “Unnerving as it is poignant...haunting stories. It provides a reality Saturday, June 6 / 9 pm check for the current condition of treatment of Canada’s Aboriginal people, and is important for all Canadians to see.” The Saturday, June 6 screening will be introduced by Aaron Floresco — LAURA CHARNEY, THE NEWSPAPER One Gay City takes viewers on an emotional tour of Winnipeg’s LGBT Matt Smiley's hard-hitting documentary chronicles the notorious, community through personal stories, news headlines and archival decades-long string of murders and disappearances of young Aboriginal images including social activists and key figures in the Winnipeg arts women along British Columbia's Highway 16, and how the systemic community such as Shawna Dempsey and Noam Gonick. Prominent racism that defined their lives also contributed to their deaths. This moments include the first attempt of a gay couple to legally marry in film not only movingly relates the personal stories of the victims, but Canada in 1974, a bitter struggle at the Manitoba Legislature in 1987, investigates how the legacy of generational poverty, high unemployment and electing North America’s first openly gay mayor in 1998. and endemic violence in their communities contributed to their tragic ONE GAY CITY is generously sponsored by MTS Stories From Home fates — and how contemporary First Nations leaders are striving to cure those ills.

10 special events ↑ Clockwise from top left: Granny Power / Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case / The Salt of The Earth / The Hunting Ground

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case The Salt of the Earth Directed by Andreas Johnsen Directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado 2013, Denmark, 86 min 2014, USA, 110 min French, English & Portuguese w/English subtitles Sunday, June 7 / 3 pm Saturday, June 13 / 7 pm "Mr. Johnsen offers viewers the challenge and pleasure of an important Sunday, June 14 / 3 pm artist's company, and a chance to appreciate anew his wisdom, his wit Sunday, June 21 / 7 pm and his bravery." — A.O. Scott, The New York Times Thursday & Friday, June 25 & 26 / 7 pm A follow up to Never Sorry, documenting the life and work of Chinese Saturday, June 27 / 3 pm & 7 pm artist and activist Ai Weiwei, The Fake Case showcases his 81 day Sunday, June 28 / 3 pm kidnapping by the Chinese authorities and his gigantic lawsuit from “A mesmeric and unforgettable look at the world and it sufferings the government, which he soon names ‘The Fake Case’ in reference through the eyes of a remarkably insightful and honorable artist.” to the obvious false reasons behind the accusations. The film follows — THE PLAYLIST the 18 cameras that are monitoring his studio and home, the police agents that follow his every move and the heavy restrictions from the For the last 40 years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has been authorities that weigh him down. He is shaken, but he steadily finds travelling through many continents, in the footsteps of an ever- new ways to provoke and challenge the mighty powers in his fight changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of for human rights. Ai Weiwei strongly believes that China is ready for our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He change and he will do everything to make it happen. is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by Wim Wenders, himself a photographer.

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From Novel to Screen: The Writer’s Imagination Hosted by Alison Gillmor Winnipeg Free Press pop culture and film writer Alison Gillmor returns to host our book to film discussion and screening series. Following the screening, Alison will moderate a discussion of how the book compares to its screen adaptation. Participants who sign up for the discussion are encouraged to read the book in advance (available at McNally Robinson). Please register in advance at 204-925-3456, ext 106.

← Photo by Mike Deal

High Fidelity Rachel, Rachel Directed by Stephen Frears Directed by Paul Newman 2000, UK, 113 min 1968, USA, 101 min

Wednesday, May 27 / 7 pm Wednesday, June 24 / 7 pm

From Nick Hornby's best-selling novel “High Fidelity”, director Stephen For his first film as a director, Paul Newman chose this sensitive Frears brings an amusing, true-to-life look at the trials and errors of heartbreaking portrayal of a woman old before her time. Based on the dating and relationships. Set in Chicago (as opposed to the novel's novel “Jest of God” by Margaret Laurence it tells the story of a 35-year- North London) during the 80s, the film centers around 30-something, old schoolteacher who lives at home with her mother and has done music fanatic, record shop owner Rob (John Cusack), whose life falls so ever since her father died, 14 years before. She lives quietly, going apart when his latest girlfriend Laura walks out on him. With a string to work, taking care of her querulous mother, serving sandwiches of ex-girlfriends behind him, Rob decides to track down his past lovers for the bridge night. But Rachel feels like she is starting to lose it. and find out what it is that makes him such a hopeless partner. She is starting to realize that she has never really lived. Rachel, Rachel was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress and Screenplay.

Plays With House of the Wind / Dir. Sheldon Oberman, 1988, Canada, 17 min / A drama based on a poem by internationally acclaimed poet George Amabile. Shot in an abandoned community just outside Gimli, the film is about a writer who abandons civilization for the gentle, natural beauty of a ghost town.

Artists + Community Symposium WINNIPEG TRAIN OF THOUGHT Saturday, May 23 / 3:30pm / $10

The Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba present The Barefoot Artist, a visually stunning and deeply emotional doc that chronicles the long and colorful life of Lily Yeh, a Philadelphia-based artist who has committed herself to creating community-based art projects in some of the world's most troubled areas. Plays with Bringing Shadows into Light (Cease Wyss & Patty Fraser) and Souvenirs – Waiting for the Parade (Paula Kelly). www.creativemanitoba.ca

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Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography Dir. Bonnie Sherr Klein 1981, Canada, 69 min

Friday, May 29 / 7 pm

Introduced by Bonnie Sherr Klein.

A thought-provoking chronicle of the odyssey of two women, Bonnie Klein, the director of the film, and Linda Lee Tracey, a stripper. Together they set out to explore the world of peep shows, strip joints and sex supermarkets. Both are motivated by the desire to know more about pornography— why it exists, the forms it takes, and how it affects relations between men and women.

DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL Plays with Nudie / Dir. Taavo Soodor / 2015, Canada, 5 min / A lighthearted documentary about the gay nude beach in Beaconia, Manitoba Thursday–Sunday, May 28–31 Opening Night Screening and those who go there to get away from it all. Treading Water & A Right to Eat Gimme Some Truth is a unique, four day documentary festival that includes master The Sandwich Nazi Thursday, May 28 / 7 pm lectures, workshops and special screenings — Dir. Lewis Bennett all intended to provide filmmakers and Introduced by Janelle Wookey. 2015, Canada, 72 min / Manitoba Premiere audiences alike the opportunity to discuss Treading Water / Dirs. Janelle & Jérémie creative, ethical and technical issues related to Friday, May 29 / 9:30 pm Wookey, 2014, Canada, 48 min / Winnipeg the documentary form. Premiere / After artificial flooding destroys Introduced by Lewis Bennett. For full festival programming, workshops their communities, political gridlock and lack of Deli owner Salam Kahil is an art collector, a and networking events, please visit public support puts the lives of 2000 First Nation former male escort, an amateur musician, gimmesometruth.ca men, women and children on hold, forcing them and a sandwich maker to the homeless in to spend three years waiting for answers in hotel Vancouver's poorest neighbourhood but his Festival Pass: rooms and inner-city housing. true passion is talking about blowjobs. This film $65 General / $45 Members; A Right To Eat / Dirs. Janelle & Jérémie follows Kahil as he struggles to come to terms includes admission to all screenings, Wookey, 2015, Canada, 48 min / Winnipeg with aging, failing health, and a past that forced networking events and master classes. Premiere / A deeply intimate look at the him to flee his home in Lebanon as a child. frightening realities of food insecurity as faced Presented in partnership with by two of Canada’s most isolated northern First Best of Hot Docs: Sugar Coated MTS Stories From Home, Telefilm Canada, Nation communities and their courageous battle Dir. Michèle Hozer On Screen Manitoba, Manitoba Film & against hunger, disease and dependency. 2015, Canada, 90 min / Manitoba Premiere Music, Film Training Manitoba, Bell Media Best of Hot Docs, DOC Winnipeg, Winnipeg Brown Town Muddy Water Saturday, May 30 / 12 pm Architecture Foundation Directed by Jesse Green This compelling investigative doc exposes the 2015, Canada, 52 min / Winnipeg Premiere US sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is, Thursday, May 28 / 9 pm in fact, toxic. For 40 years, Big Sugar deflected Introduced by Jesse Green, Vanda Fleury-Green, threats to its multibillion dollar empire through Errol Ranville and Billy Joe Green. creative PR and tactics strikingly similar to the way the tobacco industry disguised the fact A rock ‘n roll tribute to the Indigenous that its products are addictive and cause fatal musicians who shaped Winnipeg’s main street illnesses. in the 1960’s like the late Percy Tuesday, Errol Ranville and Billy Joe Green. For the emerging urban Aboriginal community, echoes of home sounded through music, dance, story and gatherings. Peoples lived experiences of emergence, segregation, racism, camaraderie and resistance are as resilient as the downtown streets of Winnipeg.

14 special events Bonnie Sherr Klein Master Lecture In Search of Impermanence: SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability The Documentary Shorts of Sam Green Dir. Bonnie Sherr Klein Saturday, May 30 / 2 pm 2006, Canada, 71 min Saturday, May 30 / 8 pm Moderated by Alicia Smith. Sunday, May 31 / 2 pm Curated by Cecilia Araneda and introduced by Join us for an intimate conversation with a Sam Green. Introduced by Bonnie Sherr Klein. legendary figure in the documentary film world, Bonnie Sherr Klein, a former member American independent documentary Art and activism are the starting point for a of Challenge for Change and Studio D, the filmmaker Sam Green’s body of work is a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising National Film Board's famed Women's Unit. reflection on the fading moment of idealism individuals with diverse disabilities. Packed Following a brainstem stroke at the age of 46, and the impermanent nature of things. Green with humour and raw energy, this film follows she documented her recovery in the award- frequently casts his strong cinematic eye the gang of five from B.C. to Nova Scotia as winning book Slow Dance, and co-founded on the ordinary or long-forgotten, asking they create and present their own images of the Society of Disability Arts and Culture. us to reconsider these things for what their disabilities. they tell us about both ourselves and the Best of Hot Docs: Welcome to Leith essence of human nature. This program of Vancouver Plays Itself Dirs. Michael Beach Nichols & shorts includes an investigation of fog in San Christopher K. Walker Francisco, a reflection on the anonymity of Sunday, May 31 / 4 pm 2015, USA, 86 min / Manitoba Premiere the teenager killed at a Rolling Stones concert Curated by Alexander Rogalski and introduced by in 1969, and an examination of the force of Lewis Bennett. Saturday, May 30 / 4 pm hope behind the Esperanto language. This program also includes an early documentary Vancouver is marketed as Hollywood A terrifying and fascinating exploration of collaboration on the making of The Fabulous North—a chameleon city able to dissolve boundaries and free speech. When a stranger Stains, with DIY filmmaker Sarah Jacobson, its own identity and assume a fictional arrives in the mostly abandoned ghost-town who passed away in 2004 at age 32. American form. In documentary, it sheds of Leith, North Dakota and start buying plots its mask through a collection of colourful of abandoned land, the close-knit community Best of Hot Docs: Rolling Papers characters that together create a portrait is thrilled until they realize the man is Dir. Mitch Dickman of a new city finding itself and dealing Craig Cobb, a notorious white supremacist 2015, USA, 79 min / Manitoba Premiere with issues common in all Canadian urban who plans to populate the land with Nazi centres—immigration, poverty and class sympathizers to tip to voting majority. Saturday, May 30 / 10 pm struggles. Featuring works by Lewis Bennett, Tom Daly, Marrin Canell & Michael Scott, Honouring MTS Stories From Home When legalized marijuana sales began in Oleg Jiliba & Anthony Bucsis-Muñoz, and Colorado in 2014, more than just political Ryan Flowers. Saturday, May 30 / 5:30 pm–7:30 pm controversies got lit. Amid the new retail outlets for personal use, the Denver Post Cocktail reception in the Black Lodge (3rd Closing Night Screening sparked up the idea of hiring the first-ever floor, Artspace) with guest speakers Cam The Artist as Mad Scientist major daily marijuana editor charged with Bennett and Kim Bell. Tickets are $20 (or free managing a counterculture team of weed to Pass Holders) and available in advance at Sunday, May 31 / 6 pm writers, including a “high” mommy blogger, winnipegcinematheque.com connoisseur pot reviewers and special Introduced by Mike Maryniuk and Patrick Lowe. contributor Whoopi Goldberg. Best of Hot Docs: The Amina Profile This trio of whimsical, poignant and Dir. Sophie Deraspe imaginative portraits of obsessive artists Best of Hot Docs: Chameleon 2015, Canada, 85 min / Manitoba Premiere captures their unique worlds in a vivid fusion Dir. Ryan Mullins French, English and Arabic w/subtitles of filmmaking techniques. Mike Maryniuk’s 2014, Canada, 78 min / Manitoba Premiere Home Cooked Music, introduces us to inventor Saturday, May 30 / 6 pm Lorne Collie who makes stringed instruments Sunday, May 31 / 12 pm out of garden tools, baseball bats and stop Montrealer Sandra Bagaria is having an erotic In this modern spy thriller, filmmaker Ryan signs, Luc Chamberland’s Seth’s Dominion and intellectual online romance with Amina Mullins follows Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a James captures Canadian cartoonist Seth’s brilliantly Arraf, a Syrian-American woman living in Bond-like investigative journalist in Ghana, creative universe mixing insightful biography Damascus, who becomes an internationally hot on the heels of his latest case as he and animation, and Patrick Lowe’s Andrew respected blogger as she documents her infiltrates a religious sect in an isolated village Milne Dreams of Machines captures the artist experiences during the violent Syrian uprising. hoping to expose human trafficking, all the working on elaborate creations such as a This modern love story shapeshifts into while keeping his identity a mystery. giant camera that he sits inside. an international thriller following Arraf’s supposed abduction as Bagaria, journalists Plays with The Halfway Place / and activists hunt for the real Arraf through Dir. Gertrude Hambira, 2014, Canada, 4 min / the virtual world. One woman’s very personal story about her journey from hardship in Zimbabwe through the rigors of the immigration process to Canada.

special events 15 May 2015 wednesday thursday friday saturday Sunday 1 2 3 Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame / 7 pm Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame / 3 pm Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame / The Last Pogo Jumps Again / 8:45 pm The Last Pogo Jumps Again / 7 pm 3 pm & 7 pm

6 7 8 9 10 Reflecting Light: Reflecting Light: Reflecting Light: Reflecting Light: We Rise Above: Panel: Prairie Postmodernists Panel: The Rise of the Film Panel: Canadian Women Panel: The Impact of Changing Granny Power / 3 pm & 7 pm & New Wave Pioneers / 5 pm Production Centre System / 5 pm Directors / 12 pm Technologies / 11 am Crime Wave / 7 pm Pihtâkosiwin (Voice Being Heard) / 7 pm Don't Let it Kill You / 7 pm Panel: Indigenous Views of Panel: Aspects of Winnipeg Pathways / 9 pm Film Production Centres / 1 pm & Québec Cinema / 9 pm Tkaronto / 3 pm Getting Started / 5 pm Two 4 One / 7 pm Winnipeg, Québec / 9 pm

13 14 15 16 17 We Rise Above: Highway of Tears / 7 pm We Rise Above: Highway of Tears / 7 pm We Rise Above: Highway of Tears / 7 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / We Rise Above: Highway of Tears / 3 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / 8:45 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / 8:45 pm 3 pm & 8:45 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / 7 pm Red Army / 7 pm

20 21 22 23 24 Red Army / 7 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / 7 pm Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter / 7 pm Red Army / 7 pm Red Army / 3 pm Red Army / 9 pm Red Army / 9 pm Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame / 9 pm Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame / 7 pm

27 28 29 30 31 From Novel to Screen: gimme some truth: gimme some truth: gimme some truth: gimme some truth: High Fidelity / 7 pm Treading Water & A Right to Eat / 7 pm Not a Love Story / 7 pm Sugar Coated / 12 pm Chameleon / 12 pm Brown Town Muddy Water / 9 pm The Sandwich Nazi / 9:30 pm Bonnie Sherr Klein Master Lecture / 2 pm SHAMELESS: Welcome to Leith / 4 pm The ART of Disability / 2 pm The Amina Profile / 6 pm Vancouver Plays Itself / 4 pm The Documentary Shorts of The Artist as Mad Scientist / 6 pm Sam Green / 8 pm Rolling Papers / 10 pm

June 2015 wednesday thursday friday saturday Sunday 3 4 5 6 7 A Geography of Words: We rise above: Phoenix / 7 pm We rise above: We rise above: Short Poetry Films / 7 pm The Hunting Ground / 7 pm We rise above: The Hunting Ground / 3 pm Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case / 3 pm One Gay City: A History of LGBT Life The Hunting Ground / 9 pm Phoenix / 7 pm Phoenix / 7 pm in Winnipeg / 9 pm One Gay City: A History of LGBT Life in Winnipeg / 9 pm 10 11 12 13 14 Phoenix / 7 pm Phoenix / 7 pm Phoenix / 7 pm Phoenix / 3 pm We rise above: Lost Soul / 9 pm Lost Soul / 9 pm We rise above: The Salt of the Earth / 3 pm The Salt of the Earth / 7 pm Phoenix / 7 pm Lost Soul / 9 pm

17 18 19 20 21 CLOSED FOR REGULAR PROGRAMMING: official venue for the winnipeg jazz festival Phoenix / 3 pm We rise above: The Salt of the Earth / 7 pm 24 25 26 27 28 From Novel to Screen: We rise above: We rise above: We rise above: We rise above: Rachel, Rachel / 7 pm The Salt of the Earth / 7 pm The Salt of the Earth / 7 pm The Salt of the Earth / 3 pm & 7 pm The Salt of the Earth / 3 pm Lost Soul / 9 pm That Guy Dick Miller / 9 pm That Guy Dick Miller / 9 pm That Guy Dick Miller / 7 pm

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