We close the series with The Stand, a film by Christopher Auchter that honours the Elders, activists and supernatural spirits who helped shape a new future for the Haida Nation—and for all of Canada. In the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people stood on a muddy logging road on Lyell Island—and refused to move. What followed was a landmark act of peaceful resistance that helped spark a nationwide reckoning around land, sovereignty and environmental justice. Drawing from over a hundred hours of electrifying archival footage, The Stand immerses us in the tension, courage and quiet humanity of that moment.
Doors at 3:30; Entrance by donation
Tag: film
SC Arts Centre: Sunday Film Series: No Other Land
No Other Land will be our March film. This film, by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists, was co-created during the darkest, most terrifying times in the region, as an act of creative resistance, and a search for a path towards equality and justice.
Doors at 3:30; Entrance by donation
SC Arts Centre: Sunday Film Series: Mighty Jerome
Honouring Black History Month and a screening of Mighty Jerome. From acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer comes the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, Canada’s most record-setting track and field star. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews and astonishing archival footage are used to tell the triumphant and compelling story of what Harry Jerome’s own coach called “the greatest comeback in track and field history.”
Doors at 3:30; Entrance by donation
Ravens Cry Theatre: Film Showing: The Friend
USA 2024, 119 min, Drama
Director: Scott McGehee
Starring: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Cloé Xhauflaire
What’s going to happen to the dog? That becomes the central question in this gently paced exploration of friendship and grief, both human and canine. The film stars Naomi Watts in a nuanced performance as Iris, with a supporting role from Bill Murray as Walter.
When Walter dies, he bequeaths the care of his Great Dane, Apollo, to his friend Iris, who tries to resist caring for this very large dog, partly due to her small New York apartment but also due to her need to work from home as a writer. Apollo is disruptive to her life and her work. As the story progresses, both woman and dog create a bond that resists separation and each finds comfort in this new relationship.
Raven’s Cry: Met Opera – Eugene Onegin / Eugene Oneguine
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).
3h 45m.
Film Screening :: “The Lost King”
Philippa Langley (an effervescent Sally Hawkins), an amateur historian who refused to be ignored, defied the UK’s most eminent academics in her efforts to find the remains of King Richard III, lost for over 500 years. Her unrelenting research (met with incomprehension by friends and skepticism by experts) led to an undistinguished Leicester car park in 2012, and startling results.
