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SUMMARY:Palestine Cinema Days
DESCRIPTION:November 1\, 7-9pm\nDoors at 6:30pm\nJ. A. de Sève Cinema (1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O) \nFree film screening! Register here. \nSince 2014\, Days of Cinema has been Palestine’s leading international film festival\, bringing Palestinian and international cinema to audiences across Palestine each year from late October to early November. Since 2023\, however\, the festival has been unable to take place in its traditional format. In response\, Palestine Cinema Days Around the World was created. The initiative invites cultural practitioners\, filmmakers\, artists\, and organizations around the world to organize screenings of curated films for their local audiences—as an act of cultural solidarity and a way of ensuring that Palestinian cinema continues to circulate\, connect communities\, and be experienced collectively. \nThe Dream\nMohammad Malas | Documentary | 45 min\nA collection of interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon during the civil war\, interviewed by Malas about what dreams they saw when they went to sleep. \nThey Do Not Exist\nMustafa Abu Ali | Documentary / War | 25 min\nShooting under extraordinary conditions\, the director covers conditions in Lebanon’s refugee camps\, the effects of Israeli bombardments\, and the lives of guerrillas in training camps. \nThe Flowers Stand Silently\, Witnessing\nTheo Panagopoulos | Documentary | 17 min\nWhen a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers\, he decides to reclaim the footage \nAccessibility: \nThe J. A. de Sève Cinema is wheelchair accessible; there is room at the back of the screening room with space for four wheelchair users.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/palestine-cinema-days/
LOCATION:JA DeSève Cinema\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 1M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2026
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SUMMARY:Echoes of Liberation: Afro-Futuristic Sonic Transmissions & Radical Audio Archiving
DESCRIPTION:Sound and visual storytelling have long served as clandestine tools of survival\, resistance\, and anti-colonial struggle. Themes include Black and African diaspora\, oral and visual history\, resistance and the future of storytelling as a pathway into a liberated future. \nThis panel discussion is organized by SSMU External Portfolio and QPIRG and co-hosted with CKUT 90.3 FM. \nNovember 5\, 1pm\nSSMU University Centre\, Room 203\n3480 rue McTavish \nAccessibility:\nThe SSMU Building is wheelchair accessible. There are wheelchair accessible\, single-stall bathrooms on the second and fourth floor.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/echoes-of-liberation/
LOCATION:SSMU Lev Bukhman Room 203\, 3480 rue McTavish\, room 203\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3A 0E7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2026
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SUMMARY:Community Radio and Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion co-hosted by CKUT 90.3 FM and QPIRG McGill as part of Culture Shock 2026\nIncluding presentations by Samaa Elibyari and Stefan Christoff \nYou have a passion for Justice\, whether it is for a political\, social\, or environmental issue. You are a rebel with a cause. Then don’t miss this event jointly organized by QPIRG and CKUT. \nTwo committed radio activists and CKUT show hosts share their vision and their experience. Where to start\, how to plan your program and engage your listeners. What to avoid and what to pursue. How to meet challenges and stay the course. \nSamaa Elibayari will share reflections on her long time work representing marginalized voices on the airwaves through community radio\, particularly Arab/ Muslim experiences on the program Caravan and lately Palestine with Sounds of Resistance which airs as part of CKUT 90.3 FM’s community news programming. \nStefan Christoff will share reflections about his work at the intersections of cultural work\, social movements and community radio. Stefan is a long-time community member volunteer at CKUT 90.3 FM and hosts the weekly program\, Free City Radio\, which airs on 10 campus / community radio stations throughout Canada. Stefan also regularly contributes to Radio AlHara and curated the book Freedom Frequencies: The Radio AlHara Sessions on Cultural Work in a Time of War\, out in February 2027 through Common Notions Press. 
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/community-radio-and-social-justice/
LOCATION:Burnside 1B16\, 805 Sherbrooke O\, room 1B16\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2026
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