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 […]
AFN & Juan De Fuca Cycling Coalition team up to bring you “Age of Stupid” The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off) as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: […]
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most outrageous pranks. From New Orleans to India to New York City, armed with little more than cheap thrift-store suits, the Yes Men […]
