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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241113T143000
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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/honour-to-senator-murray-sinclair-with-al
 anis-obomsawin-in-attendance-2/
SUMMARY:Honour To Senator Murray Sinclair\, with Alanis Obomsawin in Attend
 ance!
DESCRIPTION:Please join John Abbott College for a free screening of Honour 
 to Senator Murray Sinclair\, with special guest\, acclaimed filmmaker Alan
 is Obomsawin in attendance!\n\n---\n\nHonour To Senator Murray Sinclair  
 (directed by Alanis Obomsawin | 2021 | 29 min)  \n\nAs the Chair of the T
 ruth and Reconciliation Commission\, Senator Murray Sinclair was a key fig
 ure in raising global awareness of the atrocities of Canada’s residentia
 l school system. With determination\, wisdom and kindness\, Senator Sincla
 ir remains steadfast in his belief that the path to actual reconciliation 
 between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people requires understanding and ac
 cepting often difficult truths about Canada’s past and present. Alanis O
 bomsawin shares the powerful speech the Senator gave when he accepted the 
 WFM-Canada World Peace Award\, interspersing the heartbreaking testimonies
  of former students imprisoned at residential schools.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nOne o
 f the most acclaimed Indigenous directors in the world\, Alanis Obomsawin 
 came to cinema from performance and storytelling. Hired by the NFB as a co
 nsultant in 1967\, she has created an extraordinary body of work—50 film
 s and counting—including landmark documentaries like Incident at Restig
 ouche (1984) and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993). The Aben
 aki director has received numerous international honours and her work was 
 showcased in a 2008 retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. 
 “My main interest all my life has been education\,” says Obomsawin\, 
 “because that’s where you develop yourself\, where you learn to hate\,
  or to love.”\n\n---\n\nThe screening will take place in the Penfield Au
 ditorium at John Abbott College. All are welcome.\n\nFor more information 
 contact the college at 514-457-6610 x5098 or communications@johnabbott.qc.
 ca
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LOCATION:John Abbott College\, 21 275 Lakeshore Road\, Sainte-Anne-de-Belle
 vue\,\, QC\, H9X 3L9\, Canada
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