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  • Saturday May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

    Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.

    Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

    Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.

    In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance

    4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.

    56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.

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    Saturday May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm
    150 minutes

    Come watch a family-friendly movie in English on the projector.

    Bring a friend, some snacks, a sleeping bag or lawn chair! Costumes are always welcome!

    *Note: available seating is on straight chairs, or on floor cushions.

    May 11 : Ratatouille

    Come again on June 8 for another great movie : Moana

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    Tuesday May 14, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for a free screening of El Sur as part of our Fathers and Daughters theme in May. The film was directed by Victor Erice and was released in 1983. 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. 95 minutes. In Spanish with English subtitles.

  • Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 1:00pm
    75 minutes

    During Canadian Mental Health Week (May 13-19), join us for a screening of The Geographies of DAR, a captivating film that explores the life and literary works of renowned Canadian author David Adams Richards.

    Through stunning visuals, insightful interviews and excerpts from his writings, the film uncovers the profound connection between Richards’ personal experiences and Eastern Canada’s Miramichi, the region that shaped his storytelling.

    Richards opens up about his childhood, his struggles and demons, and his unwavering belief in God, providing candid and perceptive insights into cruelty, love, faith and the human experience. This poignant film is an elegy to the joys, suffering, mercies and beauty of life, celebrating the indomitable spirit and courage of this extraordinary Canadian writer.

    2023,  1 h 13 min, English – brought to you by the NFB

  • Friday May 17, 2024 at 3:00pm
    135 minutes

    Elle–Máijá Tailfeathers’ film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.

    Community members active in addiction and recovery, first responders and medical professionals implement harm reduction to save lives. This work is contextualized within the historical and contemporary impacts of settler colonialism; Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy draws a connecting line between the effects of colonial violence on Blackfoot land and people and the ongoing substance-use crisis.

    Held in love and hope for the future, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy asks the audience to be a part of this remarkable change with the community.

    2021, 125 min, English and Blackfoot with English subtitles. Provided by the National Film Board.

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    Saturday May 18, 2024 at 1:30pm
    120 minutes

    In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza ("the Star Wars Kid") breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so, he also explores our collective experience living in an online world in which we have to make peace with our digital shadows.

    2022. 1 h 19 min. In French with English subtitles. Courtesy of the National Film Board.

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    Dans ce documentaire de Mathieu Fournier, Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence afin de réfléchir à notre soif de contenu et au droit à l’oubli à l’ère numérique.

    2022. 1 h 19 min. En français avec sous-titres anglais. Gracieuseté de l'Office national du film.

  • Anime and Manga Club / Club d'Anime et Manga

    Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
    2:00pm
    120 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Love manga and anime?  Come join us to discuss all things Naruto, Demon Slayer, and much more with fellow fans!  We watch anime, eat snacks, and play games.

    Ages 13 - 18.

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    Aimez-vous l'anime ou le manga ?  Venez à la bibliothèque pour discuter les séries comme Naruto, Demon Slayer et plus avec les autres amateurs d'anime !  Nous regardons l'anime, mangeons des collations et jouons les jeux.

    Pour les 13 - 18 ans.

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    Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for a free screening of Somewhere as part of our Fathers and Daughters theme in May. The film was directed by Sofia Coppola and was released in 2010. 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. 98 minutes. In English with subtitles.

  • Asian Heritage Month | Mois de patrimoine asiatique

    Thursday May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

    Academy Award nominee, tiff feature film, “To Kill a Tiger” (2022), will play at the Alta Vista Library on Thursday, May 23rd at 6:00 p.m. “A man. His daughter. The trial of their lives.” Hindi with English subtitles.

    “Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.”

    No registration required. 

  • Anime club

    Thursday May 23, 2024 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

    Love manga and anime? Come join us to discuss all things Naruto, Demon Slayer, and much more with fellow fans! We watch anime, eat snacks, and play games. Drop-in Program

    Ages 13 - 18.