Saturday November 14, 2009
An evening of talk and documentaries that demonstrate exciting examples of community engaged practice in Canada and beyond. (In cooperation with Documentaries for Thinkers, coordinated by Colleen Carol and Margot Butler of Humanities 101) Margot will host the evening.
The program
6-8 pm
Dignity and Grace: The Story of the Eramosa Community Play (60 mins)
The Story of the Eramosa Community Play, “The Spirit of Shivaree”, produced
by Dale Hamilton of Rockwood Ontario: a play that sparked a movement across Canada.
Produced and Directed by Charlie Fox and Mark Hamilton (60″).
Something from Nothing 2004 (10 mins) Runaway Moon Theatre – Cathy Stubington
A video about the Enderby and District Community Play, a production that transformed a town and inspired the Downtown Eastside Community Play.
Bringing Shadows into Light 2008 (25 mins) Vancouver Moving Theatre
A film created by Squamish film-maker Cease Wyss about the making of the “We’re All In This Together: The Shadows Project – Addiction and Recovery”, a community arts project produced by Vancouver Moving Theatre in association with urban ink and the Roundhouse Community Centre
Cups for Everyone 2009 (20 mins) Jumblies Theatre
Exploring the pursuit of Utopia in the history of Toronto’s Jewish Left and Camp Naivelt, an 85-year old and still-existing socialist, secular, Jewish summer community, through a week-long re-enactment of a Soviet Jewish Children’s Work Commune, and subsequent performance of “Oy di velt vet vern yinger – Oh the world will grow younger.” Edited by Charles Ketchabaw.
8-9 pm
A Big Big Picture: Arts for Social Change Around the World (20 mins)– a talk with Judith Marcuse
Despertar (Awake) 2004 (17mins)
A video directed by Scott Smith, documenting the first International Earth Symposium, a 5-day gathering which brought to Vancouver 300 delegates from 23 countries to dialogue, perform and workshop for social change.
9 pm
Good Vibrations – Gamelan in Prisons 2007 (12mins)
Produced by Good Vibrations and Peterborough Prison, UK, this project helps prisoners, secure hospital patients, ex-prisoners and others develop crucial life and work skills, through participating in intensive gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion) courses. UBC doctoral candidate Rodrigo Caballero will briefly speak about his own research on Good Vibrations.
Stock Characters: The Cooking Show (13 min demo reel) Elaine Carol
MISCELLANEOUS Productions brings professional artists to collaborate with culturally diverse, multi-barriered youth. Directed by out lesbian, Elaine Carol this demo reel from the film explores her process with her artistic team and the community of youth working to create and produce a hip hop musical play satirizing the Japanese Iron Chef cooking shows and the lives of East Vancouver youth in post-apocalyptic world.
Power (8 min demo reel) Elaine Carol
This demo reel of MISCELLANEOUS Productions’ creation of a hip hop musical cabaret explores the most personal issues in the challenging lives of youth while they work in a “theatre boot camp” run by “benevolent drill sergeant” Artistic Director, Elaine Carol.
