Upcoming Copwatch Events
Written on September 3, 2007
Tasha Hubbard is coming!
Tasha Hubbard will be coming to Winnipeg and doing a public talk on September 27th 2007. In anticipation of this public discussion, Winnipeg Copwatch and the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Equality Coalition(MAJEC) will be hosting a film screening of Two Worlds Colliding, the film that Tasha directed documenting Saskatoon’s infamous starlight tours. Here is the description of the film from the National Film Board:
Two Worlds Colliding chronicles the painful story of what came to be known as Saskatoon’s infamous “freezing deaths,” and the schism between a fearful, mistrustful Aboriginal community and a police force that must come to terms with a shocking secret.
One frigid night in January 2000, a Native man, Darrell Night, finds himself dumped by two police officers in -20° C temperatures in a barren field on the city outskirts and finds shelter at a nearby power station. He survives the ordeal but is stunned to hear that the frozen body of another Aboriginal man is discovered in the same area. Days later, another victim, also Native, is found.
When Night comes forward with his story, he sets into motion a chain of events: a major RCMP investigation into several suspicious deaths, the conviction of the two constables who abandoned him and the reopening of an old case, leading to a judicial inquiry.
It remains to be seen whether the gulf between the two worlds can be bridged.
So come join us September 20th, and we hope to see you on the 27th as well!
Two Worlds Colliding Film Screening
Thursday September 20th 2007
Urban Shaman Gallery (290 McDermot Avenue) at 7:00pm
There will be snacks and either coffee or hot chocolate provided.
& then…
Behind Two Worlds Colliding
Thursday September 27th 2007
Mondragon Bookstore and Coffeehouse (91 Albert Street) at 7:00pm
Tasty vegan treats will be provided.
Tasha will also be doing a public presentation at the University of Manitoba entitled:
Images of Change: Film, Photography and Social Justice
a presentation by Tasha Hubbard and Edith Regier
Wednesday September 26 2007
Room 409 Tier Building University of Manitoba
2:00 - 4:00pm
Filed in: Winnipeg Copwatch News.
