2024
Awareness Film Night is in hiatus. From time to time we will recommend interesting documentaries or other films that you might be able to access individually.
This Wednesday, March 9th, is the Awareness Film Night screening of British investigative journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s latest documentary “The War You Don’t See”, about the media’s role in promoting and glorifying war. Usual time and place. By donation. A powerful and timely investigation into the media’s role in war, tracing the history of […]
A reminder that Awareness Film Night is this Wednesday, Feb. 9th. We will be screening “Occupation Has No Future”, an inspiring and revealing 2010 film that focuses on Israelis and Palestinians peacefully organizing against militarism and occupation. The film will be followed by a talk by Kevin Neish, a Victoria resident detailing his experiences on […]
On January 12th Awareness Film Night will present an hour with George Galloway. An outspoken, anti-elitist Scottish M.P. for 25 years, George Galloway is a galvanizing speaker who recently completed a cross Canada tour in which he spoke of many things, wars and (would be) kings and the state of the Canadian government and its […]
In the season of giving, Awareness Film Night will be presenting December’s moviegoers with a chance to learn about and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children in Ethiopia who require corrective surgery for birth defects and accidental deformities. On December 8th there will be a screening of the Oscar-winning short documentary “Smile […]
Hi moviegoers………….here are the details of the upcoming November Awareness Film Night Imagine half a million adults skipping town and leaving their children behind. Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across this planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Not only do bees abandon their hive, but the queen and brood as well. Unnatural. Unheard of. Even […]
This Wednesday, October 13th Awareness Film Night kicks off its 17th season with the film “Black Wave: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez”. Twenty years later the environmental, economic and social devastation persists, reminding us that as yet no safe effective technology exists for cleaning up oil spills and that the oil industry is wont […]
Just a reminder that this Wednesday (June 16) Awareness Film Night presents “In Transition”, a 2009 film that shows how to imagine and build more resilient communities using less fossil fuel than our present lifestyles. The film is about communities around the world responding to peak oil and climate change with creativity, imagination and humour. It […]
Palestinian Hip Hop group DAM, which has spawned a cult following and a small army of imitators, is featured in the May 12 Awareness Film Night screening of “Slingshot Hip Hop”. Freedom of expression and the powers of suppression meet head-on in this gritty and infectious documentary that weaves together the stories of young Palestinians […]
ALSO: Aquaculture Revolution (Science vs. Salmon Farming) Our coastal salmon is at risk for more than sea lice infestations. The 3 Norwegian companies that own 90% of B.C. salmon farms have unleashed a deadly virus that has decimated the industry in Chile, is currently hitting Scotland and looms as a threat to wild salmon in […]
Have you thought about how you treat dirt? Probably with lots of fancy detergents. But what about the wonders of dirt? Soil, that is. On Wednesday, March 17 Awareness Film Night and Sooke Food CHI will present the film “Dirt! The Movie”. Made from the same elements as the stars, plants, animals and us, dirt […]
