Join Cinema Politica Concordia for the Montreal premiere of 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS, a film that chronicles the racialized murder of 17-year old Jordan Davis and the subsequent trial of the white assailant. This film will be preceded by BLACK MEN LOVING, a heartwarming film that challenges racial assumptions and stereotypes often associated with Black fathers in the media. BLACK MEN LOVING's director Ella Cooper will be in attendance!
This screening is programmed as part of Le Mois de l'Histoire des Noirs / Black History Month, and is co-presented by ACSioN Network (African and Caribbean Students' Network of Canada) / Acsion Concordia and Festival Fade to Black / Fondu au Noir. Admission is by donation basis ($5-10 suggested). The venue is wheelchair accessible
In 3 1/2 MINUTES, two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday in 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station. A white middle-aged male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of the music in the boy's car. A gun entered the exchange, and one of them was left dead. Michael Dunn fired ten bullets at a car full of unarmed teenagers and then fled. Three of those bullets hit 17-year-old Jordan Davis, who died at the scene. Arrested the next day, Dunn claimed he shot in self-defence. Thus began the long journey of un-ravelling the truth. 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS follows that journey, reconstructing the night of the murder and revealing how hidden racial prejudice can result in tragedy.
BLACK MEN LOVING is a film that challenges racial assumptions and stereotypes often associated with Black fathers in the media. Through short intimate profiles with men from Regent Park and across Toronto, the film shares a new perspective on Black fathers, as they take on parenthood in full stride. The film highlights the work of the Black Daddies Club that not only illuminates the different journeys of the fathers but also features bonding sessions and workshops that fathers partake in.
CINÉMA POLITICA est un organisme à but non lucratif situé à Montréal et voué aux arts médiatiques. Composé d'un réseau de cinéclubs sur les campus ou communautaires, Cinéma Politica projette des films et des vidéos politiques indépendants d'artistes canadiens et internationaux partout au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde. Nous croyons que l'art a le pouvoir non seulement de divertir, mais aussi d'engager, d'informer, d'inspirer et d'entraîner des changements sociaux. Cinéma Politica est le plus important réseau de cinéclubs sur les campus ou communautaires au monde où sont projetés des documentaires. L'administration est assurée bénévolement et l'entrée aux projections se fait sur une base de contributions volontaires.
CINEMA POLITICA is a Montreal-based media arts, non-profit network of community and campus locals that screen independent political film and video by Canadian and international artists throughout Canada and abroad. We believe in the power of art to not only entertain but to engage, inform, inspire, and provoke social change. Cinema Politica is the largest volunteer-run, community and campus-based documentary-screening network in the world. We are committed to supporting alternative, independent, and radical political film and video, and the artists who dare to devote time, passion and resources to telling stories from the margins. We program works that feature under-represented characters and tell stories which confront and challenge conventional fiction and documentary narratives.
