Film Series

May 25 Title: At My Mother’s Breast Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Theatre E, Tupper Link Heather Watson-Burgess the daughter of a woman with breast cancer, who is the daughter of a woman with breast cancer, who is the daughter of a woman with breast cancer... She grew up waiting for her mom to get sick and wondering when she would follow. The film illustrates how this illness changes mothers and daughters and how they become sisters of a kind. They go through the process together and come out forever changed. June 8 Title: Hospital City Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Theatre E, Tupper Link Hospitals remain sprawling, mysterious places - sources of dread that remind us of our own mortality. Media reports focus on the miracles and on highly trained specialists, but Hospital City shifts the focus away from high-profile doctors, and introduces us to people no less essential - the workers - without whom no hospital could function. A hospital is like a large, self-contained organism. And the staff are the heart that makes it beat. Shot at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, Hospital City reveals the workings of a contemporary health care facility. Accompanied by hospital staff, we travel through labs, pharmacies, supply rooms, operating theatres, and patient rooms -- from the maternity ward to the morgue. June 20 Title: Why Thee Wed? Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Theatre E, Tupper Link In 2003, British Columbia became the second Canadian province to recognize same-sex marriage. Filmmaker Cal Garingan looks beyond the headlines and introduces the eight couples who challenged the law in court. Why did they plunge into a scorching debate that meant their lives would be publicly judged? What does it mean to them to exchange marriage vows?   ARCHIVED EVENTS March 16 Title: A Drop in the Ocean Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: Theatre E, Tupper Link Whatever the motivation, Doctors without Borders are in the field providing medical care and helping to draw attention to distant places often forgotten by the World's media. Places like Harper, a small town in Liberia is devastated by a decade of civil war. This film follows Dr. Claudette Picard on her rounds. March 23 Title: The Long Walk Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: Theatre E, Tupper Link Ken Ward was the first Native Canadian to go public with his HIV diagnosis. Seven years later, he has developed AIDS and remains a passionate advocate for HIV prevention and treatment. 'The Long Walk' provides a moving account of the man and his work. April 10 Title: My Healing Journey: Seven years with Cancer Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: Theatre C, Tupper Link A mixture of personal journals, often humorous narration, medical interviews and moving images tells the story of how, with the support of his family, Joe Viszmeg survived the roller coaster of a deadly cancer until his death in 1999. April 17 Title: Anatomy of Desire Time: 12:30-1:30pm Location: Theatre C, Tupper Link What makes us gay? Straight or Bisexual?Is sexual orientation a lifestyle choice, as many insist? Or is scientiist Simon LeVay correct when he argues that a part of the brain determines sexual preferences? These and other controversial issues are examined in this provocative documentary on this long standing debate, as well as science's history of attempting to define, control, and sometimes even eradicate same sex desire.