QPIRG Concordia and the 2110 Centre For Gender Advocacy present...
BEATS AGAINST BORDERS
::: films ::: music ::: dance party ::: photos ::: prizes :::
featuring: LAL (Public Transit Records - Toronto) + guest DJs
$5-$10 sliding scale
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
8pm @ Le Social
1455 Bishop St. (metro Guy Concordia)
(we regret this venue is not wheelchair accessible)
A benefit for Solidarity Across Borders (a QPIRG Concordia working group)
8pm: screening of "GAZA STRIP" film
9pm: SAB photo presentation; "Our Terrain of Struggle: Migrant Justice Organizing and Resistance in Montreal"
10pm: LAL performance
11pm: DJs and Dance Party
GAZA STRIP follows a range of people and events following the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, including the first major armed incursion into "Area A" by IDF forces during this intifada. The film is filmed almost entirely in a verite style, presented without narration and with little explanation, focusing on ordinary Palestinians rather than politicians and pundits. More observation than political argument, GAZA STRIP offers a rare look inside the stark realities of Palestinian life and death under Israeli military occupation.
::: "Our Terrain of Struggle: Migrant Justice Organizing and Resistance in Montreal" :::
www.solidarityacrossborders.org
A photo exhibit documenting the organizing of Solidarity Across Borders (SAB) and allied groups will be displayed at various locations in Montreal this fall and winter. The exhibit is comprised of 24 medium-sized photographs, mounted on 12 black frames, with descriptive captions. The exhibit is also accompanied by silhouettes representing Montreal migrants who have resisted removal in the past several years. The photos are a partial and incomplete glimpse into the diverse organizing that constitutes migrant justice struggle in Montreal.
::: Photo Displays - Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats :::
Snap! Moving to Our Own Beats (a QPIRG Concordia working group) will be displaying photos of the t-shirt images created by Snap! participants. Participants from Coviq Youth Centre, Jeunesse Deux Milles, Intertribal Youth Council and other youth designed their own t-shirt images and learned the silkscreening process from start to finish. Snap! is a summer youth arts program (this year presented in partnership with the Ste. Emilie Skillshare), primarily for racialized and Indigenous youth from different parts of the city to learn silkscreening skills as a tool for empowerment.
Consisting of singer/lyricist Rosina Kazi and producers/arrangers Nick Murray and Ian de Souza, LAL's sound has evolved over the past ten years building their reputation on blissed-out, introspective downtempo music, phenomenal live performances and a commitment to social justice. Deportation explores traditional LAL topics of ethnicity, class and equality in greater depth while keeping the music at the forefront.
To listen to LAL's latest album, "Deportation"...
http://www.ptrmusic.com/release.php?catalog_id=PTR-CD015
LAL's performance will be followed by a raffle draw and a hot DANCE PARTY.
For more info:
www.qpirgconcordia.org - info AT qpirgconcordia DOT org
www.centre2110.org - info AT centre2110 DOT org
