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.
Post screening discussion with Thierry Vrain. A recently released film by Jeffrey M. Smith, author of “Seeds Of Deception”, that exposes new evidence that genetically engineered (GE) foods are a major contributor to rising disease rates, especially among children. Gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory diseases, allergies and infertility are just some of the problems implicated in humans, […]
An eco-adventure documentary like no other. Follow Frank Wolf and Todd McGowan on a journey by foot, bike, raft and kayak as they seek to uncover the truth about a proposed 5.5 billion dollar oil pipeline. The Northern Gateway Pipeline Project is a proposal by Calgary’s Enbridge corporation to construct a 1,170 kilometer oil pipeline […]
Here is a reminder that on Sunday Sept 23rd we are having the second annual Sooke Slow Food Cycle. It is looking like it will be bigger and better than last years, with a slightly changed venue. The ride starts and finishes at EMCS in Sooke, where there will also be the “Collective Transitions”, a […]
Filmmaker Richard Boyce embarks upon a notably heartfelt and thought-provoking journey contrasting the tree farms that dominate the landscape surrounding his home with the ancient rainforest on Vancouver Island. “RainForest” recently won the Best Mountain Culture Film Award at the Whistler Film Festival 2011. The jury praised the film for “re-exposing our most critical […]
Annual Farming and Gardening Gala co-presented with Sooke Region Food CHI and featuring the film “To Make a Farm”, a visually beautiful and very real exploration of the ups and downs in the lives of 5 young Canadian farmers over the course of an entire year. The evening will also feature a chance to discuss […]
Wednesday (December 14th) is the screening of the film “Schooling The World: The White Man’s Last Burden”. This is a beautifully filmed one hour long documentary that explores what happens when we replace a traditional culture’s way of learning about and understanding the world with that of the Western world, designed to prepare children for […]
Hello moviegoers………….just a reminder that Awareness Film night’s SMART METER INFORMATION NIGHT will be this Wednesday (Nov. 9th) The evening will feature the hour long film “Full Signal” followed by a question period with Saanich electrician Walter McGinnis. The film is a basic primer in RF radiation that talks to scientists from around the world […]
The Marketing of Madness: The Truth About Psychotropic Drugs The ‘Marketing of Madness’ is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit centre. But appearances are deceiving. How valid are psychiatrists’ […]
Hello moviegoers……………”The Economics of Happiness” will screen this Wednesday, May 11th. Co-sponsored with Sooke Transition Town, it will be the season finale for Awareness Film Night. This visually stunning film offers a refreshing take on the importance of local communities in shaping happy, healthy futures. The film connects the dots between climate chaos, economic meltdown […]
Awareness Film Night and Sooke Food CHI will present their annual Gardening and Farming Gala. The featured film will be the Canadian premiere of “The Greenhorns”, a film that explores the lives of young farmers, their spirit, hopes, practices and needs. The filmmakers journeyed across the U.S. meeting with enterprising greenhorn farmers. (Greenhorn: a new […]
