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February 3, 2012 7:15 PM - 16 attended

Host Needed - Tales From the G20 ($2 Suggested Donation to the Centre) Free

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There is no host for this one since I will be seeing another film at TIFF Bell Lightbox. If anybody wants to host please let me know.

Tales From the G20

A doc about resistance to global capitalism put into action, at the 2010 G20 protests in Toronto.

In June 2010, leaders from the twenty largest economies met in Toronto with representatives of corporate interests to discuss the policies that would shape the world for everyone else. Exclusion zones, overlapping layers of security fencing and an estimated 25,000 police and military personnel transformed the downtown area into an armed camp. Over 1.3 billion dollars were spent on security measures, more than all previous G8/G20 meetings combined. This documentary traces the overt breakdown in civil liberties that occurred during the Summit, from unmarked vans with snatch squads of plainclothes police to the pre-emptive arrest of activists now facing years in prison for organizing demonstrations. Through street level footage, interviews with organizers and city residents, the filmmakers hear stories from the peoples' side of the fence and explore the Orwellian tactics that increasingly permeate policing in Western democracies.

This screening is provided by Cinemapolitica/Danforth

John O.
There is no host for this one since I will be seeing another film at TIFF Bell Lightbox. If anybody wants to host the post movie discussion please let me know.

Posted January 23 at 6:03 PM
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