You are all invited to Awareness Film Night’s virtual screening of “The Need To GROW”, the film that was slated to be screened for April’s Farm and Film Gala. This is a great and timely film, not to be missed, about growing our own food, about innovative, inspiring new farming practices that don’t harm the […]
Take a break from the December hustle and bustle and surrender to the universal awe that mountainous landscapes evoke. Our backyard is bigger than you think. 75% of B.C. is composed of mountain terrain that almost nobody will ever see, for few people ever actually venture into true wilderness. This film introduces us to that […]
Citizen Kane is comming to Sooke! Reviewed and analysed countless times, here are a few examples from over the years since 1941 when it premiered. “This Orson Welles film is generally considered the greatest American film of the sound period, and it may be more fun than any other great movie.” “The cinematography in this […]
Why can’t we afford to live or own businesses in our own cities and towns anymore? How is it that The Commons are being bulldozed to accommodate the “financialization” of the real estate market? Housing affordability is decreasing at a record pace and homelessness is increasing by alarming rates. Who are the players and what […]
Intermission Film Series last show of the season: “DERSU UZALA” Akira Kurosawa, 1975 Set in the forests of Eastern Siberia at the turn of the century, it is a portrait of the friendship that grows between an aging hunter and a Russian surveyor. A romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit. Speaking of the […]
Co-presented with Sooke Region Food CHI 6:30-7:45 – in the theatre foyer: vendors of all things from and for the farm and garden, information tables from community organizations, tea, coffee and goodies made by the EMCS Culinary Arts students (by donation). 7:45-9:00 – in the theatre: film and gift baskets. “After Winter, Spring” is a […]
FRIDAY March 15th, 2019 This month scheduling has provided us the opportunity to have a movie night on Friday March 15th instead of the usual 2nd Wednesday. A great way to begin the weekend. We’ll be showing Rabbit Proof Fence, a wonderful film from Australia about a 14-year-old courageous girl determined to be free. EMCS […]
Co-presented with Transition Sooke Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, “What is Democracy” reflects on a word we too often take for granted. This 2018 National Film Board documentary spans millennia and continents from ancient Athens’ where modern democracy was born to the financial collapse of present-day Greece and from capitalism’s […]
