SDH free FILM NIGHT featuring: “Animate Earth” Feb 23, 7pm
It't time for another SelfDesign High Film Night.
Please join us on Feb 23rd at 7pm. We'll be screening the film "ANIMATE EARTH" followed by discussion.
For more details and to view the trailer, visit our Facebook Event page
Animate Earth is a documentary film written and presented by Dr Stephan Harding, renowned ecologist and colleague of James Lovelock. Stephan puts forward a radical approach to the ecological crisis by arguing that many of the problems we now face stem from having lost our intuitive relationship with nature. Stephan believes that traditional mechanistic science has inadvertently fueled the crisis and that we urgently need to develop an expanded science that cultivates intuitive wisdom alongside rational knowledge so that we can experience everything, from the smallest microbes to our planet’s great life-sustaining cycles, as deeply interconnected. Building on the revolutionary discoveries of James Lovelockʼs Gaia Theory, Stephan goes one step further and explores opportunities to heal our relationship with the Earth through the new discipline of holistic science. The film features interviews with leading environmentalists, scientists and spiritual leaders, including Brian Goodwin, Iain McGilchrist, Fritjof Capra, Vandana Shiva, Jules Cashford and Satish Kumar.
FREE Youth Action Summit, May 3rd to May 6th (apply by Feb 29)
Free YOUTH ACTION SUMMIT in Kimberley, B.C.
Basin Youth are invited to get inspired, educated and empowered to take action in communities.
Join us at CONNECT to be part of something great – engaging speakers, planning sessions and networking opportunities that will lead to action events in Basin communities.
SPACE IS LIMITED … Apply by February 29!
Encore Screenings Jan 12th at SDH in Nelson: Conceiving Family and Rural Transcapes
After such a great response and turn out at the premieres of both Conceiving Family and Rural Transcapes, Watershed Productions will present a second screening of both films!
Screening Rural Transcapes at 7PM and Conceiving Family 8PM Thursday, January 12th at SelfDesign High, 412 Victoria Street – 2nd Floor of Legion Building, Nelson BC
Tickets are only $10 at the door and there will be a brief Q&A after each screening. You can come to watch one or both films.
Conceiving Family follows (Director/Producer) Amy Bohigian and her partner, Jane Byers, as they adopt biracial 15 month-old twins, Franny and Theo. Their journey to becoming a family, like the other four same-sex couples, is laden with challenges, including confronting the Christian Fundamentalist foster parents who express fear that the children they’ve cared for since birth will now, “grow up to be gay” with parents who are “going to hell for their sins.” Required to live together for two weeks during the kids’ transition they confront their differences in the most surprising ways. Combining personal interviews, intimate footage, and family photos, Conceiving Family tells the collective story of what it takes to become an intentional family.
Rural Transcapes is a topical film that profiles four transgendered individuals who have chosen to live in the rural area of the Kootenays. Christopher Moore is one of the people featured in the film and is the founder of the Trans Connect program, which provides outreach services to transgendered folks around the East and West Kootenays. Amy Bohigian of Watershed Productions was asked by Christopher last year to create an educational tool and the result is this 30 minute film, which delves into the difficult and inspiring stories of courage and authenticity. The film also features Dr. Chris Cochrane and Dr. Esta Porter, two medical professionals based in Nelson who work directly with the transgendered community. At a time when Chaz Bono has made transgendered a household word, let this event create a deeper appreciation of what it truly means for the folks featured in the film.
Visit Watershed Productions website for more info.
Encore screenings of Rural Transcapes & Conceiving Family, Jan 12th
After such a great response and turn out at the premiers of both Conceiving Family and Rural Transcapes, there will be a second screening of both films.
Rural Transcapes at 7PM and Conceiving Family at 8PM on Thursday, January 12th at SelfDesign High, 412 Victoria Street/2nd floor of the Royal Legion. Tickets are only $10 at the door and there will be a brief Q&A after each screening. You can come to watch one or both films…
For more info, visit:
http://watershedproductions.ca/films/
About the Film Maker:
Thurs Dec 8th, Premiere of RURAL TRANSCAPES, a documentary.
Trans Connect Premiere of A Watershed Production, RURAL TRANSCAPES, a documentary.
This topical film profilies four Transgender Folks who have chosen to live in the Kootenays. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion.
The documentary will take you into the lives of a group of transgendered folks who have chosen to live in a rural community as they seek medical support, navigate issues of safety, gain employment, begin a family, and create a place to call home. The film also features Dr. Chris Cochrane and Dr. Esta Porter, two medical professionals based in Nelson who work directly with the transgendered community. Join “Transconnect – The Movie” on facebook to get the updates on this project.
Thursday Dec. 8th, 7pm at SelfDesign High 402 Victoria St, Nelson
http://kootenaytransgender.com
http://watershedproductions.ca/
Extended! 3rd Annual Fair Trade For Peace Holiday Markets: Dec 6th to 8th, 1-4pm!
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