When a priest arrives in the Dominican Republic and ventures into the plantations, he discovers thousands of dispossessed Haitians working the cane fields under backbreaking and inhumane conditions. Lacking both Haitian and Dominican citizenship, the labourers are legally invisible, and are frequently denied even the most basic human rights.

Cinemateque, 100 Arthur St. (Artspace Building)
7:00pm | Admission $7 general / $6 students/seniors / $5 Cinematheque members

Presentation and Sharing Circle about the impact of mining on the world’s Aboriginal People’s, current situation in Canada and abroad and what is being done.

Kateri Church Basement, Ellice Ave. @ Home St.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Everyone welcome

Sergei Eisenstein’s classic film portrayal of the 1905 Potemkin Uprising shown on the big screen with a new soundtrack! In keeping with Eisenstein’s wish that the score be constantly rewritten in order to retain its relevance to each new generation, Winnipeg sound artist Garth Hardy will provide an improvised, live musical accompaniment.

The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St at 7:00 p.m. | Tickets: $7
For information call 478-7275

The tragedy of the Second Narrows Bridge: a reading by Gary Geddes. On June 17, 1958, Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge collapsed while under construction and eighteen ironworkers plunged to their deaths. Critically acclaimed poet Gary Geddes’s collection of poems and photographs, Falsework, marks the 50th anniversary of the disaster through portraits of the many lives affected by the disaster.

After the presentation there will be a book signing by the author.

The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10, free for students (with ID) 

Scenes from the Class Struggle: two films by Ken Loach

Raining Stones 7:00 p.m. (1993) (90 min)
One of the movie’s characters observes: “When you’re a worker it rains stones seven days a week.” This sets the scene for Ken Loach to explore one man’s struggle with his poverty in the wider context of the problems created by the “new” British economy.

Riff Raff 9:00 p.m. (1991) (96 min)
Riff Raff is a gritty and realistic portrayal of workers dealing with the consequences of the Thatcherite revolution. It follows a group of construction workers as they convert an old hospital into luxury flats (the triumph of neo-liberalism?) depicting their struggle against low pay and dangerous working conditions with no union to fight for them.

The Park Theatre, 698 Osborne St
Admission $7 or $10 for both films
For information call 478-7275