Our Next Event
Please join us for this important event on the implications of Chinese state-owned investment in Canada.
When China Met Africa (Film)
China in Canada (Panel Discussion)
May 28, 2012, 7 PM
Library & Archives Canada
395 Wellington, Ottawa
Admission: $15 ($10 for students)
"This documentary explores the burgeoning economic relationship between China and Zambia. It's shot with an acute eye for the discomfort of discordant cultures co-existing. What's interesting here is that you feel this story is only just beginning."
The Times of London
"A dark, quiet, damning documentary looking at China's determined expansion into Africa (here Zambia) through the lives of a Chinese farmer, a road builder, and the Zambian trade minister. When in 1999 China announced its "go global" policy it had Africa very much in mind, and specifically the raw materials that go into the construction of our electrical equipment. A creeping, alarming account of exploitation as well as a study into the psychology of colonialism."
Financial Times
After the film, we will have a panel discussion in the implications of Chinese investment in Canada with Award-winning journalist Terry Glavin, Human Rights campaigner David Kilgour, Terrorism and Security Specialist David Harris, University of Ottawa Professor Scott Simon, and Jason Loftus, Deputy Publisher of the Epoch Times Canada.
Finally, we will then have a private reception - so please join us for an evening of film, discussion, and food & drink!
How to order our Documentary on the CBC
"This Hour Could Have 10,000 Minutes: The Biases of the CBC" covers CBC bias against Israel and against conservatives.
Included on the documentary are my opening comments from our event at the 2nd Annual Free Thinking Film Festival on November 13, 2011, the documentary (49 minutes) and our panel discussion about the film.
Included on the panel are Brian Lilley from Sun News, Mike Fegelman from HonestReporting Canada, Stephen Taylor from the National Citizens Coalition, Eric Duhaime from Le Journal de Montreal, and David Krayden from the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies.
To order our DVD, please send us a cheque for $22 (HST included) and $2 for postage to The Free Thinking Film Society, 39 Birch Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1K 3G5.
You can also purchase the DVD through Paypal by going to this link.
We also have a bonus DVD of extra clips about the CBC that will be sent out to anybody donating $50 or more to the Free Thinking Film Society.
Dates Are Set for the 3rd Annual Free Thinking Film Festival 2012
The 3rd Annual Free Thinking Film Festival will take place between November 2-4, 2012 at the Library & Archives Canada in Ottawa. Full
details of the lineup will be announced right after Labour Day in September.
Thank You Very Much!
Wow! What a blast! The 2nd Annual Free Thinking Film Festival was a huge success. I hope you all had a great time.
Here are some of the highlights of the festival:
- After the screening of "The Power of the Powerless", a woman showed us her snapshots from the Prague Spring of 1968 with the Soviet tanks in the streets. She was really moved by the film.
- Nice crowd for "The 10 Conditions of Love" about the struggle of the Uyghur people - my friend Rukiye, one of the leaders of the Canadian Uyghur community was in tears after the film.
- People loved our documentary on the CBC - with applause for the clip of Ayaan Hirsi Ali lecturing host Avi Lewis on freedom.
- Great debate between Jack Granatstein and Michael Byers on the opening night.
- Irwin Cotler delivering a powering speech after the film "Unmasked: Judeophobia and the Threat to Civilization."
- Producer Brooke Goldstein captivating a whole room after the showing of her film, "The Making of a Martyr".
- Rev. Majed El Shafie really moving a crowd after his film "Freedom Fighter".
Fred Litwin, President
Free Thinking Film Society
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