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SUMMARY: 7th Annual Regent Park Film Festival
LOCATION:Nelson Mandela Park Public School
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/15906
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:7th Annual REGENT PARK FILM FESTIVAL=0D=0A=0D=0ANovember  =
4th=2D7th=2C =
2009=0D=0Awww=2Eregentparkfilmfestival=2Ecom=0D=0A=0D=0AMedia=3A =
Shelley Wine=2C 416=2E419=2E2111=2C =
shellw=40rogers=2Ecom=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0APRESS =
RELEASE=3A For Immediate Release =E2=80=93 October =
21=2F09=0D=0A=0D=0A =0D=0A=0D=0A=E2=80=9CREEL IMAGES=2E REAL =
COMMUNITIES=E2=80=9D =E2=80=A6 Toronto=E2=80=99s Only =
Free=2Dof=2DCharge Community=2DBased International Film =
Festival =E2=80=A6 bringing the world home to a culturally =
diverse=2C historically rich local community=0D=0A=0D=0A    =
October 20=2C 2009 =E2=80=93 Think globally act locally=3F =
=E2=80=A6 November 4th to 7th=2C Regent Park Film Festival =
=28RPFF=29 offers 76 films from around the world to a =
neighborhood of people rarely exposed to independent=2C =
foreign=2C animation=2C shorts=2C experimental=2C =
documentary=2C or even Canadian films=2C much less films =
=28such as those within this year=E2=80=99s line=2Dup=29 =
touching on themes of=3A differences and solidarity=2C =
immigrant experiences=2C inner=2Dcity issues=2C cultural =
identity and multicultural relationships=2E  Introducing =
Regent Park community stories to the larger GTA audience=2C =
RPFF is very proud to be continuing its tradition of =
showcasing films made by and about local Regent Park =
residents=2C including films made by emerging=2C talented =
youth filmmakers overcoming the limited creative =
opportunities available to them as Regent Park residents=2C =
creating riveting insider portrayals of life within this =
famed urban housing development =28Canada=E2=80=99 s oldest =
and largest public housing project currently being torn down =
in a 12=2Dyear revitalization=2Frelocation =
mega=2Dproject=2E=29 All screenings=2Fpanels held at Nelson =
Mandela Public School=2C 440 Shuter Street=2C with 20=2B =
local and international filmmakers enlivening their films =
for festival audiences=2E=0D=0A     =0D=0A    Highlights =
=5Bfrom our 16 Festival Programs=5D include=3A=0D=0A    =
OPENING NIGHT =5BNOV 4th=40 6 pm=5D =E2=80=93 films by =
Regent Park and other youth focusing on themes of hope=2C =
identity=2C and immigration=2E Youth =E2=80=98talk =
back=E2=80=99 panel discussion with filmmakers to follow =
screenings=2E=0D=0A    UNKNOWN HISTORIES =5BNOV 7th =405 =
pm=5D  =E2=80=93 films spanning racist immigration policies =
to homophobic practices in both Canada and abroad=2E Local =
luminaries Ali Kazimi and John Greyson to introduce their =
recent film Rex vs=2E Singh exploring how racism and =
homophobia intersected in Vancouver circa 1900=2E Director =
Dana Inkster to present =E2=80=9C24 Days in Brooks=E2=80=9D =
documenting a 24=2Dday strike at Lakeside Packers=2C one of =
the world=E2=80=99s largest slaughterhouses Located in tiny =
Brooks=2C Alberta=2C a once homogenous white town=2C now one =
of the most ethnically diverse places in Canada=2E=0D=0A    =
DISPLACEMENT PROGRAM =5BNOV 7th=40 1 pm=5D  =E2=80=93 =
Displacement is a particularly hot local issue=2E Building =
173 takes viewers behind closed doors into an apartment =
building in downtown Shanghai=2E Pelq=E2=80=99lic =28Coming =
Home=29=2C =28directors Celia Haig=2DBrown =26 Helen =
Haig=2DBrown in attendance=29 examines residential school =
survivor=E2=80=99s creative initiatives to renew their =
culture=2E Followed by Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural =
Centre hosted discussion=2E=0D=0A    SCHOOL PROGRAM =
=E2=80=93 Matinee films for 1200=2B Grade 1=2D8 students =
from 12 neighbouring schools=2E Themes of difference=2C =
racial diversity=2C bullying=2C gender identity=2C poverty =
and health=2C all relevant to youth=2E=0D=0A    FAMILY =
PROGRAM =5BNov=2E 7th=40 10 am=5D =E2=80=93 co=2Dproduced by =
RPFF and Upper Canada College=2C films made by Horizons =
Summer Program of academically talented=2C inner=2Dcity =
students grades 7=2D9=2E Free pancakes=21=0D=0A    FEATURE =
PROGRAM =5BNov=2E 5th=407=3A30 pm=5D  The legacy of =
racism=2C assimilation and empowerment for Canada=E2=80=99s =
First Nations peoples explored in The Experimental Eskimos =
with Director Barry Greenwald attending=2E=0D=0A    CLOSING =
NIGHT =5BNov=2E 7th=40 7=3A30pm=5D In Alwyn=2C an =
extraordinary young Guyanese=2DCanadian filmmaker changes =
viewers perception of his Jane=2DFinch neighborhood by =
documenting his battle with colon cancer at age 17=3B a =
fundraising event with producer =28the late =
director=E2=80=99s sister=29 attending=2E Oscar=2Dnominated =
director Hubert Davis=E2=80=99 award=2Dwinning feature film =
Invisible City follows depicting how two very different =
Regent Park boys make sense of their lives as they struggle =
to move into adulthood=2E These remarkable films will be =
followed by a spoken word performance by Mustafa Ahmed=2C a =
12=2Dyear old local resident=2C and the presentation of =
Humber College=E2=80=99s =24500 prize for =E2=80=9CAudience =
Choice Award=E2=80=9D =28Best Film Made by a Youth=29=2E
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