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Tuesday Jun 25, 2024 at 6:00pm
150 minutes
Join us for a free screening of La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (The Taste of Things) as part of our Passionate For Craftin' It theme in June, wherein people get realllllllllly dedicated to their craft. The film was directed by Tran Anh Hung and was released in 2023. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.
Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 134 minutes. In French with English subtitles.
Friday Jun 28, 2024 at 2:00pm
90 minutes
For generations, the suffering of residential school Survivors has radiated outward, impacting Indigenous families and communities. Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin’s deeply personal documentary WaaPaKe (Tomorrow) moves beyond intergenerational trauma, with an invitation to unravel the tangled threads of silence and unite in collective freedom and power.
2023. 1h 20 min. In English with French subtitles.
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Au fil des générations, la souffrance des survivantes et survivants des pensionnats a irradié et entraîné des conséquences sur les familles et les communautés autochtones. Le documentaire éminemment personnel de Jules Arita Koostachin (Ph. D.) WaaPaKe (Demain) dépasse le traumatisme intergénérationnel : il nous invite à défaire les nœuds du silence et à évoluer ensemble vers la liberté et la force collectives.
2023. 1h 20 min. en anglais avec sous-titres en français.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Black Sheep (2006).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Thursday Jul 04, 2024 at 6:30pm
75 minutes
Disability Pride Month
Shameless: the Art of Disability (2006) by Bonnie Sherr Klein
Art and activism are the starting point for a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Packed with humour and raw energy, this film follows the gang of five from B.C. to Nova Scotia as they create and present their own images of their disabilities.
1 hour 11 min - English only
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Stunt Rock (1978).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Thursday Aug 08, 2024 at 6:30pm
35 minutes
International Pride Month
Picture This (2017) by Jari Osborne
What does it mean to be disabled and desirable? In Picture This, a new documentary by Jari Osborne, we meet Andrew Gurza, a self-described “queer cripple” who has made it his mission to make sex and disability part of the public discourse.
33 minutes - English only
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Gamera vs. Guiron (1969).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of The Bat (1959).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Escape from L.A. (1996).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024 at 6:30pm
150 minutes
Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Chopping Mall (1988).
Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.
The event is free to attend. In English.
Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.