UPDATE: Leymah Gbowee is Co-Winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
View excerpts from the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speeches

On November 20th, 2010, REEL CAUSES will be collaborating with Amnesty International to present to you one of last year’s best documentaries: Pray The devil Back to hell! The Film will be part of the Amnesty International Film Festival. Screening will take place at Vancity Theatre on November 20th at 11:30 A.M. A multi award winner, and short listed for the Oscars! (best feature documentary category). REEL CAUSES share of ticket sales will all be donated to support Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.Tickets are 7$ at the door (from REEL CAUSES desk), or in advance by emailing info@reelcauses.org.
trailer / official site

REEL CAUSES is proud to introduce to you Leymah Gbowee, the leader of the Liberian group of women on which the documentary events were based. Leymah is an international role model for women activism, and recipient of many International awards including:

2010 John Jay Medal for Justice from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2009 Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights
2009 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
2008 Leaders for the 21st Century Award
2007 Blue Ribbon for Peace from the
John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
2010 Joli Humanitarian Award from Riverdale Country School

The Central Park Five

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Shelley

The Central Park Five || Tues June 25 • 7:15 pm

a benefit for Lookout Emergency Aid Society
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Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 W. Hastings Street (map)

94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes

♦ Live Skype Intro: Sarah Burns – Co-Director and Author ♦

SYNOPSIS: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.

“Ultimately The Central Park Five is about human dignity. It is about five young men who lose their youth but maintain their dignity in the face of a horrific and unimaginable situation.”

A film by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns; edited by Michael Levine; cinematography by Buddy Squires with Anthony Savini; original music by Doug Wamble.

About Lookout Emergency Aid Society

Lookout Emergency Aid Society provides housing to the shelterless and connection to services in the community support, supervision, direction and aid to anyone whose needs are not addressed by others safe surroundings.

Supported by Simon Fraser University’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement

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